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Acalasia

Última revisão das evidências: 19 Feb 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 01 Oct 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • disfagia
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • postura para auxiliar na deglutição
  • pressão/dor retroesternal
  • regurgitação
  • perda de peso gradual
  • pirose
  • alimentação lenta
  • tosse/sufocamento na posição de decúbito
  • infecções torácicas recorrentes
  • sensação de nó na garganta (globus)
  • soluços
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Fatores de risco

  • vírus do herpes e sarampo
  • doença autoimune
  • antígenos leucocitários humanos (HLA) classe II
  • pais consanguíneos
  • síndrome de Allgrove (triplo A)
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • endoscopia digestiva alta
  • esofagografia baritada
  • manometria esofágica de alta resolução
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • radiografia torácica
  • estudos do esvaziamento esofágico por radionucleotídeos
  • esofagograma com bário cronometrado
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax
  • planimetria por impedância
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

pacientes que aguardam tratamento definitivo

AGUDA

bom candidato cirúrgico

não candidato à cirurgia

Colaboradores

Autores

Jamal Omar Hayat, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, MD (Res)

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Department of Gastroenterology

St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust

London

UK

Declarações

JOH declares that he has no competing interests.

Kalliopi Alexandropoulou, MD, FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford

Surrey

UK

利益声明

KA declares that she has no competing interests.

鸣谢

Dr Jamal Omar Hayat and Dr Kalliopi Alexandropoulou wish to gratefully acknowledge Dr Jin-Yong Kang, the previous contributor to this topic.

利益声明

JYK declares that he has no competing interests.

同行评议者

Nigel Trudgill, MB ChB

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Sandwell General Hospital

West Bromwich

UK

利益声明

NT declares that he has no competing interests.

John de Caestecker, BChir

Consultant in General Medicine

Leicester General Hospital

Leicester

UK

利益声明

JdC declares that he has no competing interests.

David Hackam, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

PA

利益声明

DH declares that he has no competing interests.

George Y. Wu, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington

CT

利益声明

GYW is on the medical advisory boards of the following: Gilead Sciences, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AbbVie, and Intercept.

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关键文献

Zaninotto G, Bennett C, Boeckxstaens G, et al. The 2018 ISDE achalasia guidelines. Dis Esophagus. 2018 Sep 1;31(9).全文  摘要

Vaezi MF, Pandolfino JE, Yadlapati RH, et al. ACG clinical guidelines: diagnosis and management of achalasia. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Sep;115(9):1393-411.全文  摘要

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