Abstract
Dysphagia, chest pain, pyrosis, and regurgitation may be caused by esophageal dysfunction. However, esophageal symptoms are non-specific; the majority of patients who present for evaluation have normal esophageal motility, and their symptoms can be explained by a functional disorder. The Chicago Classification v4.0 (CCv4.0) categorizes esophageal motility disorders into disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow and disorders of peristalsis based on metrics from esophageal high-resolution manometry (HRM). This chapter reviews epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnostic evaluation of esophageal motility disorders defined by the Chicago Classification.
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Lammi, M., Gorham, J.K. (2023). Disorders of Esophagogastric Junction Outflow and Peristalsis. In: Nguyen, N.T., et al. The AFS Textbook of Foregut Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19671-3_32
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