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Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy in a patient with an aberrant right subclavian artery: Report of a case

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We report a case of carcinoma of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus in a patient with an aberrant right subclavian artery. Barium esophagograhy, endoscopy, and computed tomography showed a resectable tumor in the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus, coexistent with an aberrant right subclavian artery. We performed pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy with bilateral neck dissection and gastric pull-up through cervical, right thoracic, and abdominal incisions. We also partially resected the aberrant right subclavian artery with reimplantation in the right common carotid artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy with transposition of an aberrant right subclavian artery.

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  1. Department of Esophagogastric Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

    Predrag Sabljak, Dejan Stojakov, Keramatollah Ebrahimi, Dejan Velickovic & Predrag Pesko

  2. Department of Radiology, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Ivanovic

  3. Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

    Lazar Davidovic

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Sabljak, P., Stojakov, D., Davidovic, L. et al. Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy in a patient with an aberrant right subclavian artery: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 1112–1116 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-010-4421-y

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