Answer of January 2001

Clinical History:

F/13 with dysphagia

Figure 1 (CECT)
Figure 2 (CECT)

What is your diagnosis?

                        Figure 1                                                     Figure 2 

                             Figure 3                                                     Figure 4

Diagnosis:

Aberrant right subclavian artery

Discussion:

Figure 1 & 2 CT shows an aberrant vessel behind the esophagus from the left running upward to the right.

Figure 3(AP)& 4(Lateral) Barium swallow demonstrates the characteristics oblique and posterior indentations respectively.