Achalasia differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Due to the similarity of symptoms, achalasia can be misdiagnosed as other disorders, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatus hernia, and even psychosomatic disorders.

Differential Diagnosis

In alphabetical order.

• Amyloidosis
• Bronchial carcinoma
• Chagas disease
• Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
• Drugs
• Gastric carcinoma
• Herpes Zoster
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Idiopathic achalasia
• Ischemia
• Mesothelioma
• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Postvagotomy
• Prostate cancer
• Radiation therapy
• Sarcoidosis
• Toxins