Dysphagia lusorium in elderly:A case report

作     者：Bulent Kantarceken Ertan Bulbuloglu Murvet Yuksel Ali Cetinkaya 

作者机构：Division of GastroenterologyMedical FacultySutcu Imam UniversityKahramanmarasTurkey Department of General SurgeryMedical FacultySutcu Imam UniversityKahramanmarasTurkey Department of RadiodiagnosticMedical FacultySutcu Imam UniversityKahramanmarasTurkey Department of Internal MedicineMedical FacultySutcu Imam-UniversityKahramanmarasTurkey 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2004年第10卷第16期

页      面：2459-2460页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100203[医学-老年医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：吞咽困难 中年人 脉管畸形 X线诊断技术 

摘      要：AIM: Late unset of dysphagia due to vascular abnormalities is a rare condition. We aimed to present a case of right subclavian artery abnormalities caused dysphagia in the ***: A 68-year-old female was admitted with dysphagia seven months ago. Upper endoscopic procedures and routine examinations could not demonstrate any etiology. Multislice computed thorax tomography was performed for probable extra- esophagial ***: Multislice computed thorax tomography showed right subclavian artery abnormality and esophagial compression with this aberrant ***: Causes of dysphagia in the elderly are commonly malignancies, strictures and/or motility disorders. If routine examinations and endoscopic procedures fail to show any etiology, rare vascular abnormalities can be considered in such patients. Multislice computed tomography is a usefull choice in such conditions.