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Cricopharyngeal dysfunction with significant piriform sinus expansion: case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

S Chitose ,
H Umeno ,
S Hamakawa ,
K Gondou  and
T Nakashima
S Chitose*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
H Umeno
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
S Hamakawa
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
K Gondou
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
T Nakashima
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Shunichi Chitose, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. Fax: +81 942 37 1200 E-mail: yonekawa@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

This report describes the case of a patient with cricopharyngeal dysfunction with significant piriform sinus expansion. An 80-year-old man presented with a three-year history of dysphagia. Palsy of the cricopharyngeal chalasis was identified by electromyography under both videofluorography and manofluorography. Although a widening procedure was performed in the cricopharyngeal region using a bougie, the patient gained only minor relief from his dysphagia. After the patient had had adequate time to recover spontaneously (six months), a cricopharyngeal myotomy was performed. As a result, his dysphagia resolved and the post-operative course was uneventful. The clinical and histopathological findings in this case suggested that significant piriform sinus expansion had resulted from the cricopharyngeal dysfunction, due to cricopharyngeal myopathy.

Keywords

Cricopharyngeal DysfunctionPiriform Sinus ExpansionBougieCricopharyngeal MyotomyCricopharyngeal AchalasiaCricopharyngeal Myopathy

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 123 , Supplement S31 , May 2009 , pp. 108 - 112
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2009

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