Dysphagia Aortica Initially Misdiagnosed as Poststroke Dysphagia: A Case Report
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Diagnostic dilemmas in dysphagia aortica.
OBJECTIVE Dysphagia aortica describes swallowing difficulty caused by external compression from a tortuous or aneurysmal aorta. We present 5 cases in which dysphagia to solids accompanied a localised high pressure barrier (HPB) on manometry suggestive of dysphagia aortica, and explore other investigation modalities useful to confirm the diagnosis. METHODS Four females and 1 male with a median...
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عنوان ژورنال: Daehan yeonha jang-ae hakoeji
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2233-5978', '2713-6191']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34160/jkds.2022.12.2.009