PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | achalasia |
| Symptom | C0012817|diverticulum |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 20680161 | Some have suggested that patients with vigorous achalasia, achalasia associated with epiphrenic diverticulum or hiatal hernia, malnutrition, or more than 1 previous dilation may have an increased risk of perforation. |
| PubMedID- 26143577 | When the achalasia is the cause of the diverticulum, surgical treatment comprising diverticulectomy, myotomy, and fundoplication is required . |
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