Dysphagia lusoria is caused by compression of the esophagus from any of several congenital vascular abnormalities. (See also Overview of Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders.)

Dysphagia lusoria arises from a vascular anomaly involving the aortic arch. Specifically, it occurs due to an aberrant right subclavian artery that originates distal to the left subclavian artery. This atypical vascular path compresses the esophagus, leading to symptoms of dysphagia.

Dysphagia lusoria is a rare condition that occurs secondary to extrinsic esophageal compression by an aberrant right subcla-vian artery [1]. An aberrant right subclavian artery has a preva-lence of 0.16-4.4% [2]. This anomaly is symptomatic in about 30% of cases identified by Figure 2.

Dysphagia lusoria is a congenital abnormality characterized by an aberrant right subclavian artery. It often presents as either an incidental finding on imaging or chronic dysphagia. We describe the case of a 66-year-old female who presented with ...

Summary: Clinicians should have a higher suspicion for dysphagia lusoria in patients with known vascular, heart, or chromosomal anomalies. Diagnosis should begin with a barium esophagram followed by a computed tomography angiogram or magnetic resonance angiogram.

We present a case of dysphagia lusoria as well as accompanying findings on barium esophagram, cross-sectional imaging, endoscopy, and high resolution manometry.

A barium esophagram (left panel) showed posterior compression of the thoracic esophagus; a 13-mm barium tablet was held up at this level with reproduction of her symptoms. Reconstructed 3-D images (right panel) show an aberrant right subclavian artery (arrowhead) originating from the aortic arch distal to a common origin of the carotid arteries ...

5 天之前 · The word lusoria comes from the Latin phrase "lusus naturae", meaning "freak of nature", which refers to the anomalous course of the artery. The term was coined by the English surgeon, David Bayford (1739-90) when he described the case of a female patient with "obstructed deglutition" due to an anomalous subclavian artery.

Dysphagia lusoria is difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) caused by compression of the esophagus by an abnormally formed blood vessel that is present at birth.

2009年10月13日 · Figure 1: (A) A barium esophagogram (lateral projection) of a 76-year-old woman, showing an oblique indentation of the posterior esophageal wall (arrow) that suggests extrinsic compression of the esophagus by an aberrant right subclavian artery. (B) Volume-rendered, 3-dimensional computed tomography scan (cranial view) of the aortic arch. The right …