Bird beak appearance on X-ray is a feature of-: (A) Achlasia cardia, (B) Carcinoma esophagus, (C) Hiatus hernia, (D) Diffuse esophageal spasm
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Achlasia cardia * "Bird beak appearance on barium study is seen in achlasia cardia.Important esophageal signs on radiographySignConditionRat tail appearance of esophagusEsophageal carcinomaMega-esophagus (sigmoid esophagus)"Bird beak" appearanceHurst phenomenonAchlasia cardiaYo-Yo motion of barium"Corkscrew" appearance (esophageal curling)Rosary-bead/sheikh kebab configurationChain of bead appearanceDiffuse esophageal spasm