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Dysphagia is a common symptom presenting to ENT departments. Two cases of tetanus with dysphagia as a major symptom are discussed, together with a review of previously reported cases. Although tetanus is a rare disease in the United Kingdom, the possibility of this diagnosis should be borne in mind in patients presenting with progressive dysphagia, especially if there are other head and neck symptoms present.
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PMID:Dysphagia as a major symptom of tetanus. 147 20

Polymyositis is a rare disease entity belonging to the class of enigmatic disorders known as the collagen vascular diseases. It is characterized by proximal muscle weakness. More than 50% of the patients with this disease have development of head and neck manifestations, most commonly a heliotrope rash or dysphagia. Weakness and atrophy of neck muscles, and lolling of the neck have also been described. We report a case of polymyositis presenting as a neck mass, a heretofore undescribed manifestation of this disease in the head and neck. A review of the literature and an interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of this unusual disease will be described.
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PMID:Polymyositis presenting as a neck mass. 155 55

Acute epiglottitis in the adult is a rare disease, which has shown an appreciable increase since the sixties and in our locality since 1984. We present a review of the cases registered in our hospital, analyzing their aetiology, evolution and treatment. The disease is most likely to be suspected in the presence of any patient having a sudden dysphagia, especially if he shows symptoms of an acute infection and a lack of oropharyngeal pathology.
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PMID:Acute epiglottitis in the adult. 175 95

Synchronous double carcinoma of the lung and the esophagus is extremely rare disease. In Japan, 13 cases have reported by Abo and only 10 clinical cases have been documented so far. We describe two cases of synchronous double carcinoma of the lung and the esophagus. Case 1. A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of the abnormal shadow of the chest X-ray film. Left upper lobectomy was carried out for the lung carcinoma. Because of dysphagia after surgery, upper GI series and endoscopic biopsy were performed, and midesophageal carcinoma was revealed. Radical operation of the esophageal carcinoma was performed 2 months after the first operation. Pathological diagnosis of the lung tumor and the esophageal tumor were well differentiated adenocarcinoma and moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma respectively and both of them were early cancer. After 22 months of the second operation, he is doing well. Case 2. a 66-year-old man was operated on because of the esophageal carcinoma in other hospital. Abnormal shadow appeared in his X-ray film 10 months after operation. Although he received chemotherapy as metastatic lung cancer, bronchoscopic examination revealed it adenocarcinoma. We performed segmental lobectomy to him 17 months after the first operation. Pathological diagnosis was large cell carcinoma of the lung. He is also doing well 18 months after the second operation.
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PMID:[Two surgical cases of synchronous double carcinoma of the lung and esophagus and review of 10 documented cases in Japan]. 185 97

Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis (EIP) is a rare disease, characterized by multiple, small flask-shaped diverticula in the esophageal wall, and best demonstrated on single-contrast barium examination. Though the condition is often associated with reflux esophagitis, Candida esophagitis, and esophageal dysmotility, corrosive-acid injury is not a commonly recognized cause. In a radiological study involving 59 patients with sequelae of corrosive-acid injury of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, evaluated over a 5-year period, 14 cases (23.7%) of EIP were found. Esophageal stricture was a constant association; the diverticula tended to involve either the entire length of the stricture or its upper part. There was, however, no correlation between the length of the stricture and number of diverticula (p greater than 0.05). Endoscopic dilatation resulted in relief of dysphagia, and the diverticula regressed in number of disappeared altogether. Our experience suggests that EIP is a common sequelae of esophageal acid injuries, and that diverticula tend to form at the site of initial contact between acid and susceptible esophageal mucosa. Stricture dilatation leads to reduction or total disappearance of the diverticula.
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PMID:Corrosive acid-induced esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis. A study of 14 patients. 150 Jun 73

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is an autosomal dominant myopathy that exhibits the symptoms of progressive dysphagia, with ptosis usually occurring after the age of 40. Literature review of this rare disease reveals a high incidence in the French-Canadian population, as well as in five other ethnic groups. Our article details the clinical history and genealogy of the disease through four generations in a family of English descent. Radiographic studies show a cricopharyngeal bar and aspiration. Results of electron microscopic examination of muscle biopsy specimens from the vastus lateralis and cricopharyngeus muscles confirm a chronic, active, severe, myopathic process that is more pronounced in the cricopharyngeus muscle. The recommended treatment for blepharoptosis and the cricopharyngeus muscle pathosis is discussed.
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PMID:Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: clinical and histopathologic correlations. 310 51

The authors report the case of a 60 year-old woman patient with esophageal papillomatosis, revealed by slowly progressive dysphagia and digestive hemorrhage. Multiple warty tumors were found at endoscopy, starting at approximately 23 cm from the dental ridge, increasing in size into the lower esophagus where they were responsible for stenosis. Pathological examination demonstrated epithelial proliferation with lengthened papillae, hyperkeratosis, hyperacanthosis and severe dysplasia. No extra-esophageal papillomata were discovered. Subtotal esophagectomy was performed and pathological examination with immune markers suggested a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. However, search for HPV DNA was negative. To our knowledge, this constitutes the fifth case reported in the literature. The principal problem posed by this rare disease is the possible association with and/or progression to carcinoma, the diagnosis of which may be difficult, and particularly, with verrucous carcinoma. With this diagnostic uncertainty in mind, the authors suggest total surgical removal of the esophagus in this situation.
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PMID:[A case of esophageal papillomatosis in adults]. 328 Mar 82

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant transmitted condition seen mainly in the French Canadian population. Twenty-one patients with an established diagnosis of this rare disease underwent inferior constrictor myotomy. All patients were evaluated clinically and 12 of them underwent pharyngoesophageal manometric evaluation both preoperatively and postoperatively. All patients presented with severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and frequent aspiration together with pharyngooral and pharyngonasal regurgitation. Our results showed that all symptoms were significantly improved after inferior constrictor myotomy. Manometric assessment showed significant differences in pressure, duration and frequency of pharyngeal contraction when compared with a control group. After surgery pharyngeal contraction frequency was significantly lowered toward the normal level but other parameters of pharyngeal function remained unchanged. At the level of the upper esophageal sphincter, resting and closing pressure, relaxation time, relaxation and coordination were studied. There was no significant difference between control subjects and OPMD patients for these variables. Surgery significantly lowered the resting and closing pressure of the sphincter but did not modify significantly the other parameters.
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PMID:Inferior constrictor myotomy in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: clinical and manometric evaluation. 338 70

Primary lymphoma of the thyroid is a rare disease, occurring predominantly in elderly women but it is more and more reported in younger generation and this seems to reduce the female preponderance. Clinically it is characterized by a rapid and diffuse enlargement of the thyroid with hoarseness, dysphagia and local tenderness. There is a frequent coexistence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis with presence of autoantibodies. This latter disease has to be considered as a prelymphomatous condition. The differential diagnosis between the two is not always easy. The new functional classification of non hodgkin's lymphomas can be applied successfully in primary lymphomas of the thyroid: they allow to establish a prognosis and demonstrate that most of these lymphomas are B-cell derived and of follicular center cell origin. The diagnosis can be made by means of a biopsy and sometimes by fine needle aspiration.
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PMID:Primary malignant lymphomas of the thyroid. A brief review. 345 99

Diffuse esophageal spasm (DES) is a rare disease, and its surgical management is controversial. There are seven major reported series totaling 148 patients and six operative variations depending on the extent of myotomy and whether or not a hernia repair should be added. There are no five-year follow-up reports. In the present study of 34 patients followed for at least five years, all had a myotomy from the apex of the chest through the high-pressure zone and all had a total fundoplication hernia repair, 16 with gastroplasty and 16 with a standard Nissen fundoplication. The length of the completion fundoplication is reduced to less than 0.5 cm to avoid problems of overcompetence. There were no operative deaths. Follow-up is 100% by clinical history, 82.4% by radiology, and 61.8% by manometry. Radiological follow-up showed no recurrence or reflux, although 1 patient had esophageal mucus retention. Thirty patients (88.2%) are eating normally without dysphagia or spontaneous pain. Two patients (5.9%) have mild dysphagia, and 1 of them also has mild spontaneous pain. One patient has major residual dysphagia, which is being treated conservatively, and 1 has required colon interposition. Good-quality results have been achieved in 94% of patients now followed 5 to 10.7 years.
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PMID:Extended esophageal myotomy and short total fundoplication hernia repair in diffuse esophageal spasm: five-year review in 34 patients. 354 14


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