ARTERIA-LUSORIA - A RARE CAUSE OF DYSPHAG IA

Authors
MOLL U KNOBBER D VOGL T HUMMEL M
Citation
U. Moll et al., ARTERIA-LUSORIA - A RARE CAUSE OF DYSPHAG IA, Laryngo-, Rhino-, Otologie, 73(10), 1994, pp. 533-535
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Laryngo-, Rhino-, Otologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09358943
Volume
73
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
533 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-8943(1994)73:10<533:A-ARCO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A rare case of a 29-year old woman with aberrant right subclavian arte ry (A. lusoria) causing dysphagia is presented. This abnormality is ge nerally silent and often an incidental x-ray finding. By means of a me dian thoracotomy the anomalous vessel was divided at its point of orig in and an anastomosis to the ascending aorta with a graft was performe d.