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J. Alfred Rider, MD, PhD; Hugo C. Moeller, MD, PhD; Ernesto J. Puletti, MD; Dilip C. Desai, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1969;99(4):435-440.

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Diffuse esophageal spasm is a motility disturbance which involves the entire esophagus. It was first defined by Osgood¹ in 1889, and the clinical and radiological features were excellently described by Moersch and Camp² in 1934. However, it received little clinical recognition until definitive esophageal motility studies were performed in 1958 by Creamer et al,³ Code et al,⁴ Ingelfinger,⁵ and in 1960 by Olsen et al⁶. Nevertheless, at the present time there appears to be a lack of general recognition of this condition. There seems to be confusion over the significance of the x-ray appearance and there is little agreement about treatment.

Clinical Features

Age and Sex.—There is no predilection for sex or age. Craddox et al⁷ reported on 12 patients, six men and six women; their ages ranged from 44 to 69 years. Gillies et al⁸ reported on 21 patients, 11 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
San Francisco

From Franklin Hospital, San Francisco, Calif. Dr. Desai is now at Majaraja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India. Dr. Desai is a former fellow in gastroenterology, Franklin Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 30, 1968.

Reprint requests to Franklin Hospital, Castro & Duboce Streets, San Francisco, Calif 94114 (Dr. Rider).

Dr. Moeller died in June, 1968.

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