A 64-year-old man sought medical attention from a family physician, expressing concerns about dysphagia. Recognizing the complexity of the symptoms, the family physician promptly engaged the expertise of an attending physician at a regional hospital to ensure accurate diagnosis and management. Plain computed tomography (CT) revealed a space-occupied lesion located posterior to the trachea. Although mediastinal tumor was suspected at first, contrast-enhanced CT revealed a distal arch aneurysm that compressed the esophagus. The patient underwent total arch replacement, and the postoperative course was uneventful.
Keywords: bronchial artery; contrast-enhanced computed tomography; distal arch aneurysm; dysphagia; hoarseness; recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; vascular compression.
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