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Nimit Goyal, Ranjeet Narlawar, Anne Garrett, Kyphosis, a rare cause of dysphagia, Age and Ageing, Volume 34, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 521–522, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afi127
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Abstract
Degenerative kyphosis is mostly asymptomatic. When symptomatic, pain and humping of the back are the commonest features. Dysphagia associated with kyphosis is a rare presentation, though it is otherwise common in older people due to various reasons. We report the case of an 81-year-old kyphotic woman who presented with dysphagia. On barium swallow examination, she was found to have an acute bend in the mid-oesophagus leading to narrowing, secondary to the kyphosis.
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