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• CT scan may show dilatation of the esophagus with air fluid levels in long-standing cases.
• CT scan may be used to exclude pseudoachalasia, or achalasia symptoms resulting from a different cause, usually esophageal cancer.

CT scan of a 40 year old male showing dilation of the esophageal diameter and air fluid levels. The lower lung lobes are showing consolidation patches due to aspiration pneumonia - Case courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8831