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*[[Chagas disease]] - classically with dilation of the esophagus.<ref name=pmid23317615>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pantanali | first1 = CA. | last2 = Herbella | first2 = FA. | last3 = Henry | first3 = MA. | last4 = Mattos Farah | first4 = JF. | last5 = Patti | first5 = MG. | title = Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication in patients with Chagas' disease achalasia and massively dilated esophagus. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-5 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23317615 }}</ref> | *[[Chagas disease]] - classically with dilation of the esophagus.<ref name=pmid23317615>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pantanali | first1 = CA. | last2 = Herbella | first2 = FA. | last3 = Henry | first3 = MA. | last4 = Mattos Farah | first4 = JF. | last5 = Patti | first5 = MG. | title = Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication in patients with Chagas' disease achalasia and massively dilated esophagus. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-5 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23317615 }}</ref> | ||
Treatment:<ref name=pmid22982946>{{Cite journal | last1 = Swanstrom | first1 = LL. | last2 = Kurian | first2 = A. | last3 = Dunst | first3 = CM. | last4 = Sharata | first4 = A. | last5 = Bhayani | first5 = N. | last6 = Rieder | first6 = E. | title = Long-term outcomes of an endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: the POEM procedure. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 256 | issue = 4 | pages = 659-67 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826b5212 | PMID = 22982946 }}</ref> | |||
*Endoscopic dilation. | |||
*Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). | |||
*Laparoscopic myotomy. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||