%0 Journal Article
%T Disfagia a¨®rtica a partir de un aneurisma fusiforme asociado con disecci¨®n a¨®rtica tipo B
%A Borracci
%A Ra¨²l A.
%A Rubio
%A Miguel
%A M¨¦moli
%A Roberto
%A Ahuad Guerrero
%A Rodolfo A.
%J Revista argentina de cardiolog£¿-a
%D 2005
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X dysphagia aortica resulting from extrinsic compression of the esophagus by a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rare etiology. a 63-year-old man presented with progressive dysphagia for 6 months associated to weight loss. he had a history of hypertension and acute thoracic pain one year before, considered at that moment as a 'coronary syndrome'. magnetic resonance imaging and aortogram showed the usual pattern of aortic dissection stanford type b and a localized fusiform epifrenic aneurysm narrowing the distal portion of the esophagus. the case was interpreted as a progressive aneurysm caused by an aortic dissection which had passed unnoticed one year before. after graft replacement the patient developed a paraplegia as a major event. dysphagia improved dramatically and 6 months after discharge a new esophagogram showed normal transit.
%K dysphagia
%K aortic dissection
%K surgery.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1850-37482005000500013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en