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M Benjelloun1, C-L Peng, F Héritier, M Roger.
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INTRODUCTION: Pseudoachalasia mimics primary achalasia and can provoke serious complications in the elderly. CASE RECORD: A 84 years-old woman had dysphagia with recurrent pneumonia. Pseudoachalasia related to a multifocal primitive amyloidosis was diagnosed. Treatment with botulinum toxin injection during a gastric fibroscopy resulted in clinical improvement, still notable 15 months later. DISCUSSION: Botulinum toxin injection may be a useful tool in treatment of pseudoachalasia due to amyloidosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17175073 DOI： 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.11.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Med Interne ISSN： 0248-8663 Impact factor: 0.728