Abstract
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.
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- Aged, 80 and over
- Amyloidosis, Familial
- Amyloidosis, Familial: complications
- Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
- Anti-Dyskinesia Agents: therapeutic use
- Botulinum Toxins
- Botulinum Toxins: therapeutic use
- Deglutition Disorders
- Deglutition Disorders: drug therapy
- Deglutition Disorders: etiology
- Esophageal Achalasia
- Esophageal Achalasia: diagnosis
- Esophageal Achalasia: drug therapy
- Esophageal Achalasia: etiology
- Female
- Humans
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonia: etiology
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Benjelloun, M., Peng, C.-L., Héritier, F., & Roger, M. (2007). [Pseudoachalasia due to amyloidosis treated by botulinum toxin]. La Revue de Médecine Interne / Fondée ... Par La Société Nationale Francaise de Médecine Interne, 28(3), 188–90. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17175073
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