A Rare Case of Esophageal Dysphagia in Children: Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery
Joint Authors
Romano, Claudio
Barone, Claudia
Carucci, Nicolina Stefania
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-01-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dysphagia is an impairment of swallowing that may involve any structures from the mouth to the stomach.
Esophageal dysphagia presents with the sensation of food sticking, pain with swallowing, substernal pressure, or chronic heartburn.
There are many causes of esophageal dysphagia, such as motility disorders and mechanical and inflammatory diseases.
Infrequently dysphagia arises from extrinsic compression of the esophagus from any vascular anomaly of the aortic arch.
The most common embryologic abnormality of the aortic arch is aberrant right subclavian artery, clinically known as arteria lusoria.
This abnormality is usually silent.
Here, we report a case of six-year-old child presenting to us with a history of progressive dysphagia without respiratory symptoms.
A barium esophagogram showed an increase of the physiological esophageal narrowing at the level of aortic arch, while at esophagogastroduodenoscopy there was an extrinsic pulsatile compression of the posterior portion of the esophagus suggesting an extrinsic compression by an aberrant vessel.
Angio-CT (computed tomography) scan confirmed the presence of an aberrant right subclavian artery.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barone, Claudia& Carucci, Nicolina Stefania& Romano, Claudio. 2016. A Rare Case of Esophageal Dysphagia in Children: Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Case Reports in Pediatrics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barone, Claudia…[et al.]. A Rare Case of Esophageal Dysphagia in Children: Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Case Reports in Pediatrics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Barone, Claudia& Carucci, Nicolina Stefania& Romano, Claudio. A Rare Case of Esophageal Dysphagia in Children: Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102369
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1102369