[Esophageal motility disorders with palpitation].

The author has been studied the routine postero-anterior and profile chest screen roentgenphotographs and barium-esophagograms of the 7,152 patients with the palpitation and esophageal esthesia. The 3,612 men and women had a mean age of 23 years (range, 15-54 years). He observed extrasystoles in 20.1% of the patients during the fluoroscopy. The dysmotility and dysmorphosis of the thoracal part of the esophagus occurred in 28.9% of the tested individuals. The single and multiple spasms represented a kebab-spit, a nut-cracker, a corkscrew and after the spontaneous spasmolysis a sausage-esophagus. First the orbicular muscles relaxed. In 70.5% of the patients the abnormal motility and silhouette of the barium-filling esophagus were revealed by the profile chest screen roentgenograms.