Asymptomatic double aortic arch with compressed oesophagus in an adult
- Nobuaki Ochi1,2,
- Masayuki Yasugi1,2,
- Nagio Takigawa1
- 1General Internal Medicine 4, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
- 2Hematology, Oncology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
- Correspondence to Professor Nagio Takigawa, ntakigaw{at}med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
Description
A 56-year-old man presented with epigastralgia and had lost 10% of his body weight over a period of 6 months. The results of physical examination were normal. No abnormal shadow was detected on chest x-ray (figure 1A). Oesophagography showed compression of the oesophagus (figure 1B, arrow), although the patient did not complain of dysphagia. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed …
