Volume 31 Number 4 (2022)

A Case Report of an Unusual Cause of Dysphagia from Enlarged Subcarinal Lymph Node

Ghosh CK1 , Rahman KM2 , Hasan SA3 , Das N4 , Miah AR5

Mymensingh Med J 2022 Oct; 31 (4): 1202-1205

PMID: 36189573

Abstract

Cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, and weight loss are classic symptoms of bronchial carcinoma. Small cell lung cancer presents late with obviously abnormal chest radiographs and with bulky, usually mediastinal lymph node involvement. Dysphagia rarely occurs in patients with bronchial carcinoma. There are many causes of dysphagia in bronchial carcinoma such as mediastinal lymphadenopathy, direct tumor invasion of the mediastinum, radiotherapy, secondary achalasia. This report presents a case of progressive dysphagia to solid foods and weight loss of a 28-year-old male, non-smoker due to subcarinal lymph node enlargement from metastatic bronchial adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Dysphagia, Subcarinal lymph node, Bronchial carcinoma


  1. Associate Professor

    Department of Gastroenterology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Volume 31, Number 4 (2022)
Page: 1202-1205