Dysphagia due to a rare cause
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A 45-year-old male patient presented with the complaint of intermittent dysphagia for solids of 10 years duration. Flexible upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed several times over 10 years had been inconclusive. Barium swallow revealed a posterior indentation of the thoracic part of the oesophagus (Figure 1). On MR angiography an aberrant right subclavian artery arising from the aortic arch distal to the left subclavian artery crossing the midline behind the oesophagus was seen (Figure 2). A diagnosis of dysphagia lusoria was thus established.
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