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A 59-year-old man presented with dysphagia and food regurgitation at night.
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de Tudela, A.P., Vilanova, J.C., Mata, L.A., Luna, A. (2012). Esophagus. In: Luna, A., Vilanova, J., Ros, P. (eds) Learning Abdominal Imaging. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88003-5_6
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