title: Dysphagia lusoria: a comprehensive review.
abstract: Dysphagia lusoria is a rare vascular anomaly identified in a small number of patients being evaluated for dysphagia. The purpose of this paper is to present an illustrative case and provide a comprehensive review of the underlying anatomy, diagnosis, and management of dysphagia lusoria based on a review of the medical and surgical literature over the past 20 years.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed