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1 A Tight Spot The American Journal of Medicine
Yixia Ye, MD, Zana Nikolla, MD, Ramnath Hebbar, MD, Daniel Stupak, MD, Murthy Chamarthy, MD, Haroutun Abrahamian, MD, David Grayer, MD, George G. Abdelsayed, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 124, Issue 10, Pages (October 2011) DOI: /j.amjmed Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 An esophagram shows esophageal narrowing due to external compression (arrow). The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the chest shows the aberrant right subclavian artery. (A) A coronal projection discloses the anatomy of the aberrant right subclavian artery (arrow). (B) The origin of the aberrant right subclavian artery is indicated (arrow). (C) Compression of the esophagus is evident (arrow). (D) The aberrant artery and the esophagus (arrow) are shown; the short black-filled arrow points indicate the common carotid origin. (E) The common carotid arteries, as highlighted by the short arrows, arise from the common fork. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 The patient's previous barium esophagram demonstrates minimal narrowing. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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