Danielle Shafer, DO

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Older Woman With Dysphagia, Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Weight Loss

January 01, 2007

An 80-year-old woman has a 3-month history of increasing dysphagia (withboth solids and liquids), fatigue, and dyspnea on exertion. She has also involuntarilylost 50 lb during the same period. She reports no abdominal pain orchange in bowel function.