Association of adult achalasia and alacrima.

Abstract:

:Achalasia is the best described motor disorder of the esophagus. Associations with familial glucocorticoid deficiency and alacrima (triple A syndrome) have been described in the pediatric population, but no attention has been paid to the possibility of this association in adults. Tear production was assessed in 20 patients with achalasia and 20 age- and sex-matched controls. Deficient tears were found in four achalasics compared with none among the controls (P < 0.05). This suggests that some variant of the triple A Syndrome (achalasia, alacrima, and adrenocortical insufficiency) may exist in adult patients with achalasia as well.

journal_name

Dig Dis Sci

authors

Verma S,Brown S,Dakkak M,Bennett JR

doi

10.1023/a:1026679723941

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-05-01 00:00:00

pages

876-8

issue

5

eissn

0163-2116

issn

1573-2568

journal_volume

44

pub_type

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