When yawning makes sick - the Eagle syndrome, a rare cause of persistent dysphagia

Eagle syndrome as an uncommon cause of dysphagia.

A Rare Cause of Dysphagia.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 54-year-old woman, with a history of partial strumectomy due to hyperthyroidism, was referred for evaluation of chronic dysphagia for solids for more than 10 years. In the last few months, she was only fed on a liquid diet and lost approximately 6 kg in weight. Neither reflux symptoms nor thoracic pain were present. Physical examination and screening blood tests were unr...

A rare cause of dysphagia.

Li Y-L, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220773 Description A middle-aged woman presented with dysphagia and globus sensation. Upper endoscopy was unremarkable and barium swallow revealed persistent, smooth indentation of the posterior aspect of the upper thoracic oesophagus at T4 level, suggesting external compression (figure 1). Subsequent CT thorax demonstrated an aberrant righ...

When sex makes you sick.

Sex and parasites are two of the most important forces in evolution, shaping everything from the appearance of organisms (sex, by favoring the evolution of ornaments and weapons) to their physiological functioning (parasites, via selection for host defenses). They have been studied both separately and together, with parasite–sex interactions similarly featuring in a wide range of areas in biolo...

A rare cause of dysphagia.

loss of 10 kg over the last year. She reported helping the passage of the food bolus through the subcutaneous presternal digestive conduit with her ngers. A thick-paste barium transit study revealed multiple diverticular pouches in the neoesophagus, with retained contrast material inside of them. No other reason for the weight loss was identi ed. As the dysphagia in this case seemed not to be w...