New endoscopic finding of esophageal achalasia with ST Hood short type: Corona appearance.

New endoscopic finding of esophageal achalasia with ST Hood short type: Corona appearance.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Detecting esophageal achalasia remains a challenge. We describe the diagnostic utility of corona appearance, a novel endoscopic finding specific to esophageal achalasia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Corona appearance and seven conventional endoscopic findings were compared for sens...

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Main Authors: Hironari Shiwaku, Kanefumi Yamashita, Toshihiro Ohmiya, Satoshi Nimura, Yoshiyuki Shiwaku, Haruhiro Inoue, Suguru Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6067694?pdf=render

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