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Diffuse esophageal spasm
Diffuse esophageal spasm
This barium swallow in an older man with noncardiogenic chest pain shows multiple areas of spasm (arrows) throughout the length of the esophagus. This spasm was accentuated by stasis within the esophageal lumen and esophagitis.
Courtesy of Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD.
Graphic 69821 Version 6.0