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  • Hypopharyngeal presentation of cicatricial pemphigoid: videofluorographic and direct laryngoscopic findings

  • S Murono, Y Nakanishi, M Fujimoto, T Yoshizaki
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 127 / Issue 4 / April 2013
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    26 February 2013, pp. 429-431
    Print publication:
    April 2013
  • Objective:

    Cicatricial pemphigoid can affect all mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract; however, hypopharyngeal involvement is less frequent.

    Case report:

    This paper presents a 69-year-old male diagnosed as having cicatricial pemphigoid who was experiencing difficulty swallowing. Videofluorography with barium swallow demonstrated narrow flow through the medial hypopharynx, but not through the lateral hypopharynx. Direct laryngoscopy revealed that the postcricoid hypopharyngeal lumen had become narrow due to circumferential scar formation. Interestingly, detached thin membranous webs were observed beyond the circumferential scar.

    Conclusion:

    This report describes important videofluorographic and direct laryngoscopic findings showing rare hypopharyngeal involvement in a case of cicatricial pemphigoid.