Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review

Cysts of the vallecula are rare, accounting for 10.5% to 20.1% of all laryngeal cysts. Vallecular cysts may present with diverse symptoms affecting the voice, airway, and swallowing. We describe the evaluation and treatment of a 70-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia caused by large bilatera...

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Autores principales: Romak, Jonathan J., Olsen, Steven M., Koch, Cody A., Ekbom, Dale C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/697583
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author Romak, Jonathan J.
Olsen, Steven M.
Koch, Cody A.
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description Cysts of the vallecula are rare, accounting for 10.5% to 20.1% of all laryngeal cysts. Vallecular cysts may present with diverse symptoms affecting the voice, airway, and swallowing. We describe the evaluation and treatment of a 70-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia caused by large bilateral vallecular cysts.
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spelling pubmed-30058072010-12-30 Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review Romak, Jonathan J. Olsen, Steven M. Koch, Cody A. Ekbom, Dale C. Int J Otolaryngol Case Report Cysts of the vallecula are rare, accounting for 10.5% to 20.1% of all laryngeal cysts. Vallecular cysts may present with diverse symptoms affecting the voice, airway, and swallowing. We describe the evaluation and treatment of a 70-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia caused by large bilateral vallecular cysts. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3005807/ /pubmed/21197461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/697583 Text en Copyright © 2010 Jonathan J. Romak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Romak, Jonathan J.
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Koch, Cody A.
Ekbom, Dale C.
Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Bilateral Vallecular Cysts as a Cause of Dysphagia: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort bilateral vallecular cysts as a cause of dysphagia: case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/697583
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