Posts by Hanna Erickson, MD, PhD
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Pathways Case Record: Idiopathic Achalasia in the Setting of Autoimmune Disease
A 41-year-old man presented with a 1.5 year history of progressive difficulty swallowing solids then liquids, a 6- to 8-month history of daily vomiting, and weight loss. Further evaluation indicated type I achalasia, a swallowing disorder, and the Pathways Service investigated the etiology of this patient's achalasia.
Biography
Hanna Erickson, MD, PhD, is an internal medicine resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Pathways Consult Service
Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital is discovering insights into the causes of disease through the close investigation of a single patient.