Patulous lower esophageal sphincter

July 31, 2007 by Catherine J. Rees, MD; Peter C. Belafsky, MD, PhD
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Dysphagia Clinic

A 46-year-old man presented to the Center for Voice and Swallowing with symptoms of globus, pyrosis, and solid-food dysphagia. Findings on transnasal esophagoscopy were normal except for the presence of a widely patulous lower esophageal sphincter (LES) .

  

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