A sudden hemorrhage in the esophageal duplication cyst: A rare cause of acute dysphagia in an adult
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- 16 July 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Annals of Medicine & Surgery
- Vol. 80, 104199
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104199
Abstract
A 42-year-old male pediatrics physician was admitted with a history of acute chest pain and sudden severe dysphagia to solids and liquids. He denied any history of abdominal pain, vomiting, dyspnea, nausea weight loss. He could not even swallow saliva. The patient denied any history of drug abuse. A computed tomographic scan of the chest (CT)showed a posterior mediastinal mass inseparable from the esophagus and descending aorta. Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI)scan revealed a cystic mass full of blood inseparable from the esophagus and adherent to the aorta. The mass was resected entirely through the left thoracotomy; post-operative recovery was uneventful; dysphagia resolved as the post-operative contrast swallow study showed a free flow of contrast to the stomach patient resumed his regular diet.Keywords
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