A rare cause of dysphagia
| Autor: | Max Kai-Ho Yam, Yan-Lin Li, Jeremy Man-Leung Yu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Thorax
Vascular Malformations Vertebral level Dysphagia lusoria Subclavian Artery Article Posterior wall otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Upper endoscopy Aberrant right subclavian artery Thoracic oesophagus General Medicine Anatomy Middle Aged medicine.disease Dysphagia digestive system diseases body regions Female medicine.symptom business Deglutition Disorders |
| Popis: | A middle-aged woman presented with dysphagia and globus sensation. Upper endoscopy was unremarkable and barium swallow revealed persistent, smooth indentation of the posterior aspect of the upper thoracic oesophagus at T4 level, suggesting external compression (figure 1). Subsequent CT thorax demonstrated an aberrant right subclavian artery compressing the posterior oesophagus (figure 2). A diagnosis of dysphagia lusoria was made. Figure 1 Coned lateral view of the barium swallow showed an indentation over the posterior wall of the upper thoracic oesophagus at T4 vertebral level. Figure 2 Contrast-enhanced CT of the thorax showed an … |
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