TY - JOUR
T1 - Retropharyngeal lipoma causing dysphagia
AU - Akhtar, J
AU - Shaykohn, M
AU - Crocker, John
AU - D'Souza, AR
PY - 2001/11/1
Y1 - 2001/11/1
N2 - Lipomas of the retropharyngeal region are rare, slow-growing tumours that attain a large size before producing symptoms such as dysphagia and dyspnoea. Clinical diagnosis may be difficult. However computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice and helps in definitive diagnosis preoperatively, although final histological confirmation is essential. Surgery is the treatment of choice. In the following paper we report a case of retropharyngeal lipoma presenting with dysphagia which was managed surgically with complete amelioration of symptoms.
AB - Lipomas of the retropharyngeal region are rare, slow-growing tumours that attain a large size before producing symptoms such as dysphagia and dyspnoea. Clinical diagnosis may be difficult. However computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice and helps in definitive diagnosis preoperatively, although final histological confirmation is essential. Surgery is the treatment of choice. In the following paper we report a case of retropharyngeal lipoma presenting with dysphagia which was managed surgically with complete amelioration of symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1007/s004050100372
DO - 10.1007/s004050100372
M3 - Article
C2 - 11769991
SN - 1434-4726
VL - 258
SP - 458
EP - 459
JO - European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
JF - European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
ER -