Achalasia: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

  • Other esophageal motility disorders (disorder of esophageal motility).
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (synonyms: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease); gastroesophageal reflux; reflux esophagitis; reflux disease; Reflux esophagitis; peptic esophagitis) – inflammatory disease of the esophagus (esophagitis) caused by the pathological reflux (reflux) of acid gastric juice and other gastric contents.
  • Esophageal spasm (spasm of the esophageal muscles).

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).

  • Cardiac carcinoma (gastric inlet carcinoma).
  • Esophageal carcinoma (cancer of the esophagus)