Some Causes of Esophageal Dysphagia
Mechanism | Examples |
|---|---|
Motility disorder | |
Mechanical obstruction | Peptic stricture Radiation stricture Extrinsic compression (eg, caused by an enlarged left atrium, an aortic aneurysm, an aberrant subclavian artery [termed dysphagia lusoria], a substernal thyroid, a cervical bony exostosis, or a thoracic tumor) Caustic ingestion |
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