Dysphagia aortica: Emerging role of endoscopic ultrasound (with videos).
Dysphagia can occur due to extrinsic compression on esophagus. Dysphagia due to intrathoracic vascular causes is rare. Most reported cases of vascular etiology are due to dysphagia lusoria. Dysphagia due to any anomaly of aorta is called dysphagia aortica. In an emergency setting, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been found to be superior and more sensitive for detection of abdominal aortic aneurysms over conventional radiological methods. We present a series of four cases of dysphagia aortica where the diagnosis was made by endoscopic ultrasound.
Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Malay
M
Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
Parvinder
P
Singh
Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vijendra
V
Kirnake
Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jay
J
Toshniwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Anish
A
Chopra
Aorta; dissecting aneurysm; endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)