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Failure to thrive other imaging findings
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Barium swallow may be helpful in the diagnosis of failure to thrive.
Other Imaging Findings
Other Imaging Findings
- 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.
References
References
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