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17th July 2020

A 78-year-old gentleman attends his general practitioner due to 3 months of dysphagia

A 78-year-old gentleman attends his general practitioner due to 3 months of dysphagia to both solids and liquids, and regurgitation of food. He admits that he has also lost weight in the past 3 months. An initial barium swallow shows that the oesophagus is tapered towards the lower oesophageal sphincter. 

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