Article: Achalasia mimics prepubertal anorexia nervosa in young girl.

2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Esophageal achalasia mimicked anorexia nervosa in a young girl.

"A 9-year-old girl presents for continuing weight loss of 10 kg over the course of 1 year. Medical history showed three episodes of pneumonia requiring hospital admission in the six months before presentation and four months of weekly psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa," scientists in Germany report.

"A thorough history of eating behavior and a review of systems revealed not only typical aspects of prepubertal anorexia nervosa but also vomiting at night while asleep, difficulty drinking liquids, epigastric pain, and a frequent experience of 'a lump ...

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