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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 40, 516-518, Copyright © 1985 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Acute thoracic inlet obstruction in achalasia with adenoid cystic and squamous cell carcinoma

B Sigurgeirsson, KB Johannsson, S Haroarson, PT Onundarson and G Thorgeirsson

Respiratory symptoms due to compression of the trachea by the dilated esophagus in achalasia are extremely rare. A patient is presented whose respiratory manifestations included engorged neck veins and a neck swelling that fluctuated with respiration. He also had two malignant tumors in his dilated esophagus, a squamous cell carcinoma and an adenoid cystic carcinoma.




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