Extra-thoracic Extrinsic Compression: An Unusual Cause of Dysphagia.

Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.

Published: June 2019

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Background: Dysphagia affects one in twenty-five adults yearly in the United States.

Objective: While dysphagia may be common, the prevalence of dysphagia may be underestimated primarily due to under-reporting. Dysphagia may be caused by intraluminal, intrinsic, extrinsic, or motility disorders.

Method/results: We present a case of dysphagia caused by extra-thoracic extrinsic compression due to bra use.

Conclusion: Despite many published reports on dysphagia caused by other diagnoses, we occasionally overlook extrinsic abdominal compression as the cause for dysphagia.

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