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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref name=pmid16128783>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kjellin | first1 = AP. | last2 = Ost | first2 = AE. | last3 = Pope | first3 = CE. | title = Histology of esophageal mucosa from patients with achalasia. | journal = Dis Esophagus | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 257-61 | month =  | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00478.x | PMID = 16128783 }}</ref>
*Mucosa usually normal.<ref name=pmid16128783>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kjellin | first1 = AP. | last2 = Ost | first2 = AE. | last3 = Pope | first3 = CE. | title = Histology of esophageal mucosa from patients with achalasia. | journal = Dis Esophagus | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 257-61 | month =  | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00478.x | PMID = 16128783 }}</ref>
*Mucosa typically normal - even in long-standing achalasia.
 
Note:<ref name=pmid16128783/>
*Achalasia seen in the context of a resection usually has inflammation.
*Post-Heller myotomy often has inflammation.


=See also=
=See also=
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