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MAJ Magdiel Trinidad Vasquez, MC, Mexican Army (MexA); MAJ Miguel Angel Marquez Garcia, MC, MexA; COL Felipe Santibanes Wollrich, MC, MexA; COL Tomas Gomez Maganda, MC, MexA

Arch Surg. 1983;118(1):125-126.

Abstract
• Dysphagia lusoria, usually caused by intrathoracic vascular compression, may be cervical in location and result from an abnormality of the vertebral artery. We studied a case that was treated successfully by resection and reanastomosis of the artery.

(Arch Surg 1983;118:125-126)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md (Dr Trinidad); and General Surgery Service (Dr Garcia), Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr Santibanes), and Gastroenterology (Dr Maganda), Central Military Hospital Mexico, Mexico City.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 1, 1982.

The views or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20014 (Dr Trinidad).

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