Catalog

Congenital achalasia

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Link to WHO Definition

Congenital achalasia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/398153442

This is a congenital form of primary achalasia, an oesophageal motility disorder characterised by degeneration of the nerve cells that normally signal the brain to relax the lower oesophageal sphincter (LES).