68-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for chronic dysphagia for solid foods and weight loss. Clinical examination on hospital admission did not show any significant alterations. Specifically, neither lymphade- nopathy or thyroid enlargement, abdominal masses, or skin abnormalities that suggested connective tissue disorders were found. Furthermore, chest radiography performed at admission did not show any abnormality (Figure 1). The barium esophagram, a highly evaluable investigation in patients with suspected esophageal dysphagia, demon- strated an extrinsic compression on the posterior wall of the upper thoracic esophagus...
Extremely Rare Case of Vascular Dysphagia in an Elderly Man
MANTINI, CESARE;SANTOVITO, DONATO;GABRIELLI, DANIELA;COTRONEO, Antonio Raffaele;MEZZETTI, Andrea;TARTARO, Armando;CIPOLLONE, Francesco
2013-01-01
Abstract
68-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for chronic dysphagia for solid foods and weight loss. Clinical examination on hospital admission did not show any significant alterations. Specifically, neither lymphade- nopathy or thyroid enlargement, abdominal masses, or skin abnormalities that suggested connective tissue disorders were found. Furthermore, chest radiography performed at admission did not show any abnormality (Figure 1). The barium esophagram, a highly evaluable investigation in patients with suspected esophageal dysphagia, demon- strated an extrinsic compression on the posterior wall of the upper thoracic esophagus...File in questo prodotto:
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