A 63 years old woman with progressive mechanical dysphagia and weight loss: a case presentation.
When considering a patient with dysphagia, an attempt should be made to determine whether the patient has difficulty only with solid boluses (suggestive of mechanical dysphagia) or with liquids and solids (suggestive of a motility dysphagia). Lesions such as an oesophageal tumor and external pressure effect from a lung tumor or aberrant vessel can lead to mechanical dysphagia. Endoscopy and / or a barium swallow are helpful in identifying the anatomical disarrangement. In this study a patient with progressive mechanical dysphagia is presented that finally diagnosed by as Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma. There were no respiratory symptoms. Diagnosis was made by a computerized tomography scan of the thorax, bronchoscopy and bronchial biopsy.
Department of Gastroenterology, Shaheed Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Mahmud
M
Baghbanian
Department of Gastroenterology, Shaheed Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Hasan
H
Salmanroghani
Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali
A
Baghbanian
Department of Pulmonology, Shaheed Saduoghi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Mohammad
M
Samet
Department of Gastroenterology, Shaheed Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Mohammad Kazem
MK
Amirbeigy
Dysphagia; Lung; Squamous Cell Carcinoma