OBJECTIVES To evaluate and describe retrograde endoscopic dilation of 100% strictures of the cervical esophagus and hypopharynx. METHODS AND MATERIALS All patients who presented to the senior author (Y.D.) from September 1997 to September 2003 with strictures of the cervical esophagus and hypopharynx were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Six patients with 100% strictures of the cervical es...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this article was to determine outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx (SCCHP) in whom the free posterior tibial flap was used for primary reconstruction of hypopharynx defects after cancer resection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Between August 2009 and February 2012, 10 patients with SCCHP underwent posterior tibial flap reconstruction for hypopharyn...

BACKGROUND We report a rare case of a patient with a hypopharyngeal metastasis from breast cancer. CASE PRESENTATION Isolated breast cancer metastasis to the hypopharynx has been previously reported in only one autopsy case. Herein, we report a 56-year-old woman with metastases to the hypopharynx almost 24 years after receiving a mastectomy and chemotherapy to treat primary breast carcinoma. ...

In blood-feeder female mosquitoes, the hypopharynx stylet is one part of the fascicle, the structure that pierces into the host skin during blood feeding. As other parts, the hypopharynx is a free stylet. However, since male mosquitoes do not feed blood, their mouthparts are less developed. The hypopharynx fuses with the inner wall of the labium, while maxillae and mandibles are much shorter th...

patients. in this disease the risk of many malignancies is increased, of which the most important is non- hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine. other malignancies include adenocarcinoma of the small intestine and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. to the best of our knowledge, thus far only one case of celiac disease associated with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has been repo...

Malignant lymphoma rarely occurs in the larynx and hypopharynx. Few cases of malignant were reported Korea. However, hypopharynx had been not A 68-year-old woman came to outpatient clinic with a foreign body sensation her throat. round, smooth margin, bright pink-colored mass was confirmed by laryngoscopy. The patient took neck computer tomography. small bulging mucosa observed, but there no pe...

Introduction. Primary hypopharynx involvement of small cell carcinoma is very rare and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of primary small cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx in a male patient. Case Report. A 50-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of sore throat and swellings in the right side of the neck. Direct laryngoscopy and biopsy revealed ...