Message Number: SG5248 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2003-07-08 15:31:29 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Megaesophagus
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
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I can not find anything to indicate that megaesophagus is a malignancy (Refs from the late 1990s), though that obviously makes it no less dangerous. It is referred to as a acquired condition of unknown etiology in which the esophagus becomes dilated and essential motility is impaired.