Rare Diseases Symptoms Automatic Extraction

Esophageal achalasia and alacrima in siblings.

[triple a syndrome]

Achalasia of the esophagus is a rare problem in children. It has been reported in siblings of consanguineous parents. Allgrove or AAA (triple-A) syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition associated with adrenal insufficiency, alacrima and achalasia of the oesophagus. We present two siblings with familial achalasia and alacrima treated at 3 months and 9 years respectively.

Diseases presenting "adrenal insufficiency" symptom

  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • aromatase deficiency
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • cushing syndrome
  • familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • scrub typhus
  • triple a syndrome
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

This symptom has already been validated