Arteria lusoria: A very rare cause of esophageal obstruction in a hypoxemic patient

Mehmet OKUMUS, Fuat OZKAN, Selim BOZKURT, Mustafa DOGAN, Mahmut TOKUR, Mucahit KAPCI
2013 The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology  
Foreign body ingestion is a commonly encountered problem among emergency department physicians and gastroenterologists. The esophagus, as the narrowest part of the gastrointestinal tract other than the appendix, is a common site of foreign body impaction (1). Rarely, external esophageal factors, such as arteria lusoria, may be a factor in food bolus impaction.
doi:10.4318/tjg.2013.0583 pmid:24623300 fatcat:qvf2uxbygzehnoi4yskdrtyqp4