Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis (EIPD) is a rare disease. A 78-year-old man with dysphagia presented to our hospital. The presence of diffuse esophageal spasm was suspected by his ...

Idiopathic achalasia is a rare primary motility disorder of the esophagus. The classical features are incomplete relaxation of a frequently hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and a lack of ...

Background The distribution and esophageal motor characteristics of elderly patients with heartburn symptoms who exhibit no structural abnormalities on esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) remain unclear.

In most cases of diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) performed for refractory gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), symptoms alone did not result in pathological findings that prompted a ...

An 80-year-old woman with dysphagia for solids after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication presented for evaluation. The patient had experienced symptoms of heartburn, nocturnal cough, and regurgitation ...