Cardiospasm in Infancy and in Childhood

Moersch, Herman J.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080070006

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“…The incidence of achalasia at younger than 15 years is only 4 to 5% (1). Because of its rarity, the diagnosis is usually delayed, and complications such as failure to thrive and recurrent pulmonary infections are common.…”

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Radionuclide Esophageal Emptying and Long‐Acting Nitrates (Nitroderm) in Childhood Achalasia

Efrati,

Horne,

Livshitz

et al. 1996

J. pediatr. gastroenterol. nutr.

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Radionuclide Esophageal Emptying and Long‐Acting Nitrates (Nitroderm) in Childhood Achalasia

Efrati,

Horne,

Livshitz

et al. 1996

J. pediatr. gastroenterol. nutr.

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“…Moersch (1929) in a study of thirty-four children, found dysphagia to be the first symptom in the majority of the cases. Children either regurgitate solid food or wash it down with gulps of water.…”

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“…Plummer's hydrostatic dilator (Plummer, 1906), which has been extensively used for mechanical dilatation, was a modification of Russel's dilator. Reports of the usefulness of this technique in adults (Plummer & Vinson, 1921;Freeman, 1940;Vinson, 1948;Nagel, 1949) and in children (Moersch, 1929) have been accumulating. Ria & Campos (quoted by Swenson & Oeconomopoulos, 1961) considered mechanical dilatation as the most benign, easiest and least costly procedure.…”

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“…Abt (quoted by Birnberg, 1929) commented on the rarity of the disease in infancy and childhood. Out of 690 consecutive cases of the disease seen at the Mayo Clinic, only twelve (1 72 %) presented in the paediatric age-group (Moersch, 1929). In the series of 601 cases reported by Olsen, Holman & Andersen (1953), there were only seventeen children; only twenty-seven children attended the Mayo Clinic over a 24-year period.…”

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Cardiac achalasia in childhood

Singh¹,

Sethi²,

Gupta³

et al. 1969

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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Summary Cardiac achalasia is a disorder not unknown in the paediatric age-group and may occur even in the neonatal period. This disorder should, therefore, be considered in all cases presenting with persistent vomiting, as well as in those with chronic respiratory disease in whom more common causes have been excluded. It is almost universally accepted that the disorder results from a disturbed function of ganglion cells in the distal oesophagus, as the disease has been reproduced in laboratory animals by denervation of the distal oesophagus. The exact pathogenesis of this degenerative change is not well understood. However, in at least some of the cases congenital absence of the ganglion cells may be responsible for this functional disturbance. This is inferred from the fact that the disease may be found in association with Hirschsprung disease, in which there is a congenital absence of ganglion cells in the terminal colon. Moreover, the occurrence of the disease in the neonatal period itself favours a congenital lesion. Surgery was preferred to other forms of treatment in the paediatric age-group in view of the reported equivocal response to mechanical dilatation and pre-disposition of children to respiratory complications. The results of surgery were satisfactory.

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“…Moersh [12] found 12 patients under 14 years of age in a series of 691 patients with achalasia. Olsen and his associates [13] noted a similar incidence in their series of 601 patients.…”

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Achalasia of the Cardia in Childhood

Jb¹

1970

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Achalasia of the cardia is rare in childhood. The occurrence of this condition in a nine year old girl, in whom treatment by a modified Heller’s operation has relieved the symptoms, is described. The histological abnormalities seen in the esophageal wall are similar to those described in most adult patients with achalasia, and they resemble those found in some of the few childhood cases reported. The current views on the treatment of achalasia of the cardia in childhood are examined, and short comments made on the pathophysiology of the neural deficit.

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Cardiospasm in Infancy and in Childhood

Cited by 12 publications

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Radionuclide Esophageal Emptying and Long‐Acting Nitrates (Nitroderm) in Childhood Achalasia

Radionuclide Esophageal Emptying and Long‐Acting Nitrates (Nitroderm) in Childhood Achalasia

Cardiac achalasia in childhood

Achalasia of the Cardia in Childhood

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