A Patient With Dysphagia due to an Aortic Aneurysm.
Dysphagia aortica is difficulty in swallowing caused by extrinsic compression of the esophagus due to an ectatic, tortuous, or aneurysmatic atherosclerotic thoracic aorta. This condition is very uncommon, and it is usually associated with old age, women with short stature, hypertension, and kyphosis. We report herein a case involving a patient with dysphagia who had an aortic aneurysm.
Kim
Jeong-Ho
JH
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Jang
Sung-Won
SW
Kim
Dong-Bin
DB
Lee
Hyun-Jeong
HJ
Kim
Jae-Gyung
JG
Kwon
Bum-Jun
BJ
Cho
Eun-Ju
EJ
Rho
Tai-Ho
TH
Kim
Jae-Hyung
JH