Demonstration of vascular abnormalities compressing esophagus by MDCT: Special focus on dysphagia lusoria

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Alper, Fatih ^a   Akgun, Metin ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Eroglu, Atilla ^a   Ceyhan, Elvan ^b   Onbas, Omer ^a   Duran, Cihan ^c   Okur, Adnan ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysphagia lusoria; Esophagus; MDCT

Indexed keywords

DYSPHAGIA LUSORIA; ESOPHAGUS; MDCT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BARIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; PARAMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULAR RING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIVERTICULUM; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745193498     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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