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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 30;14(4):e242339.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242339.

Unexpected cause of dysphagia

Darshan Nitchingham  1 , Thomas Edward Conley  1 , Vijay Chidambaram  2 , Sreedhar Subramanian  3
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Case Reports

Unexpected cause of dysphagia

Darshan Nitchingham et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: endoscopy; gastroenterology; oesophagus.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: DN, TEC and VC report no conflicts of interest. SS has received speaker fees from MSD, Actavis, Abbvie, Dr Falk pharmaceuticals, Shire and received educational grants from MSD, Abbvie, Actavis and is an advisory board member for Abbvie, Dr Falk pharmaceuticals and Vifor pharmaceuticals.

Figures

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Figure 1
(A) (Coronal reformat CT image with oral contrast in narrow windows) and (B) (axial CT image with oral contrast in mediastinal soft tissue windows)—images depict an obvious defect in the oesophagus with arrows marking the fistula site, along with right upper lobe volume loss and apical cystic cavitary changes contiguous with the para-oesophageal cavity. (C) An endoscopic view depicting the near complete obliteration of the oesophageal lumen and a large adjacent necrotic cavity. (D) An endoscopic view depicting a Jagwire traversing the defect and intubating the distal oesophageal lumen.
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