Table 2 - Important causes of achalasia
From the following article
W.G. Paterson, Raj K. Goyal and Fortunée Irene Habib
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo20
Idiopathic achalasia |
Secondary achalasia |
Malignancy (carcinoma of the stomach, esophagus, lung, pancreas, liver, colon, prostate, lymphoma, and mesothelioma) |
Chagas' disease |
Neuropathic chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome |
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis |
Neurodegenerative disorder with Lewy inclusion bodies |
Amyloidosis |
Postvagotomy |
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIb |
AAA syndrome: achalasia associated with alachrimia (juvenile Sjögren's syndrome) and achlohydria |
Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis |
Anderson-Fabry disease |
Sarcoidosis |
Pseudoachalasia |
Lesions producing radiological images resembling achalasia. (Masses around the esophagogastric junction, pancreatic pseudocyst, postvagotomy hematoma, tumors) |