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11453565

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Repetitive, spontaneous contractions of the proximal esophagus have recently been identified as a feature of achalasia. This article documents similar findings in six patients with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease and achalasia share many common features neurologically. Both have Lewy bodies in the esophageal myenteric plexuses and the substantia nigra, in addition to evidence of degeneration of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. The esophageal features radiologically and manometrically are also similar. Repetitive proximal esophageal contractions may represent another link between these diseases. They have also been reported in scleroderma. We speculate that the common link between all three disease processes may be poor distensibility of the esophagus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0179-051X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Repetitive proximal esophageal contractions: a new manometric finding and a possible further link between Parkinson's disease and achalasia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom. bjohnston@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.