Failure to thrive other imaging findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akash Daswaney, M.B.B.S[2]

Barium swallow may be helpful in the diagnosis of failure to thrive.

• Barium swallow may be helpful in the diagnosis of failure to thrive.
• The classic ‘bird’s beak’ appearance may be seen in patients with achalasia cardia. This increased tone of the lower esophagal sphincter causes a decfrease in calorie intake.

• Barium swallow of a child being worked up for failure to thrive showing the classic bird beak appearance (frank dilated esophagous with an extremely narrow GE junction) seen in achalasia cardia.

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