Achalasia of esophagus - case report

The author presents the characteristic features in the radiologic of the achalasia on a case of a 67 year old patient. The patient had a long - standing dysphagia and odynophagia, which had progressed gradually during 21 years to the third stage of the disease with atonic oesophagus. The most important problem still remains the differentiating from the cardia - type gastric carcinoma and fibroendoscopy with/or without biopsy is an inevitable supplementary diagnostic method in differential diagnostic procedure. (authors)