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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models
Published on: March 1, 2015
Hypopharyngeal venous malformation presenting with foreign body sensation and dysphagia
Andrew M Vahabzadeh-Hagh1, Ali R Sepahdari2, Jayson Fitter1
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Objective:
Review the importance of imaging selection and clinicoanatomic correlation for a vascular malformations presenting with unique symptomatology.
Methods:
Case study and literature review.
Results:
A 64-year-old female presented with globus and dysphagia ongoing for 40 years. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy discovered a hypopharyngeal mass. A CT scan showed a soft tissue mass with shotty calcifications. Flexible laryngoscopy revealed a bluish compressible mass. MRI showed T2 hyperintensity with heterogeneous enhancement resulting in the diagnosis of a low-flow vascular malformation.
Conclusions:
All globus is not equal. Attention to symptoms, anatomy, and imaging selection is crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations uniquely presenting with dysphagia.
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