BACKGROUND
A middle-aged man presents with progressive painless dysphagia of several months' duration. He has no other symptoms. His voice has not changed, and he has no aspiration or regurgitation of food. Clinical examination findings are essentially normal. A barium swallow is performed. What is the diagnosis?
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Hint
The patient has neck pain.
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Author:
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Prepageran Narayanan, MD, FRCS
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University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Associate Editor:
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R. Raman, MD, MS
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University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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eMedicine Editor:
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Sat Sharma, MD
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Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
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