These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Life-threatening presentations of fibrovascular esophageal and hypopharyngeal polyps.
    Author: Owens JJ, Donovan DT, Alford EL, McKechnie JC, Franklin DJ, Stewart MG, Schwartz MR.
    Journal: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol; 1994 Nov; 103(11):838-42. PubMed ID: 7978995.
    Abstract:
    Giant fibrovascular polyps of the esophagus and hypopharynx are benign tumors of the upper digestive tract. Although a rare cause of asphyxiation, laryngeal impaction by a regurgitated polyp of the esophagus may be the initial symptom that brings the patient to request medical attention. Two new cases of giant fibrovascular polyps with dramatic and potentially life-threatening presentations illustrate the unpredictable behavior of these unusual tumors. Both patients presented to the emergency center with a history of coughing and eructation followed by temporary airway obstruction that was relieved by clenching a regurgitated fleshy mass between the teeth. Diagnostic and therapeutic intervention requires aggressive airway management, radiographic and endoscopic evaluation, and definitive surgical treatment. Tracheotomy was required in one patient, and successful endotracheal intubation provided satisfactory airway control in the second. Esophagoscopy revealed the origin of both tumors to be near the cricopharyngeal muscle. Complete surgical excision was curative in both cases.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]