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- Title
Adult-Onset Dysphagia Lusoria from an Uncommon Vascular Ring: a Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Sitzman, Thomas J.; Mell, Matthew W.; Acher, Charles W.
- Abstract
Vascular rings are a rare cause of symptoms in adult patients. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman presenting with dysphagia lusoria due to an uncommon vascular ring: right aortic arch with mirrorimage branching and a left ligamentum arteriosum. No previous reports exist of adult-onset dysphagia lusoria attributable to this anatomy. The patient underwent a limited muscle-sparing thoracotomy with division of the ligamentum. The division interrupted the vascular ring and relieved her esophageal compression. The presentation, evaluation, pathophysiology, and treatment of this condition are discussed.
- Subjects
DEGLUTITION disorders; PATIENTS; LIGAMENTS; AORTA; PATHOLOGICAL physiology
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2009, Vol 43, Issue 1, p100
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574408323503