Carcinoma ; Fistula ; Humans ; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery* ; Hypopharynx ; Pharyngeal Diseases

Abscess ; diagnosis ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Pharyngeal Diseases ; diagnosis

This paper reports a case of recurrence of tonsillar cancer on the right 6 months after radiotherapy with pharyngeal hemorrhage for 4 days and aggravation in the next day. The pharyngeal hemorrhage was severe in the case and the maximum of single amount of bleeding was approximately 200 ml. The examination showed active bleeding on the ulcer with a diameter of 2 cm in the right tonsil and the depth of 1 cm. After repeated compression hemostasis proved to be invalid, selective embolization was applied on the patient and the symtoms of pharyngeal hemorrhage disappeared without complications. The patient was discharged after 2 weeks of observation without any recurrence of hemorrhage.
Embolization, Therapeutic ; methods ; Hemorrhage ; etiology ; therapy ; Hemostasis ; Humans ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Palatine Tonsil ; Pharyngeal Diseases ; etiology ; therapy ; Recurrence ; Tonsillar Neoplasms ; complications

The principle treatment for cervical esophageal cancer and hypopharyngeal cancer with esophageal invasion is radical total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy (PLE), and it is necessary to totally reconstruct the defect of the resected organ. Stomach, small bowel, colon, a laryngotracheal flap and a pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap can all be used. We commonly use stomach because stomach has a rich blood supply and a low incidence of leakage. But in this present reported case, because previous radical subtotal gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy had been done, we had to use colon for reconstruction. We use the left colon and left colic artery, and there were no complications. We report here on using the left colon and left colic artery to reconstruct a PLE defect for the first time in Korea.
Arteries ; Colic ; Colon* ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; Gastrectomy* ; Gastric Bypass ; Humans ; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms ; Incidence ; Korea ; Myocutaneous Flap ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms ; Stomach

Humans ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms ; Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery*

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Female ; Humans ; Lipoma/*pathology ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms/*pathology

Adult ; Fibroma ; Humans ; Lipoma ; Male ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms

Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Neurilemmoma ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms

The patient was hospitalized for foreign body sensation at pharynx persisted for two months. The patient noticed that the left pharyngeal palate was elevated two months ago and was treated as pharyngitis without success. Because of no eating difficulty, loss of voice or sore throat, the patient did not seek for further treatment. Recently the foreign body sensation at pharynx was worsened and the elevation at left pharyngeal palate enlarged and affected pronunciation and speech. A bulge about 4 cm x 5 cm in size was found around left soft palate and tonsil, relatively hard in texture; The mucosal membrane of the bulge was intact with slight hyperemia. The bulge was not movable and exhibited no tenderness to touch and no bleeding to press. Left tonsil was swelling of degree I degrees, grayish white and unsmooth on the surface. Uvula was deviated slight to the right. The soft palate movement was not satisfactory. No swelling on right tonsil. The CT indicated a soft tissue mass at left parapharyngeal space, about 3.4 cm x 5.4 cm in size. leiomyosarcoma (pharynx).
Humans ; Leiomyosarcoma ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms

Myxolipomas, or myxoid lipomas, are unusual histologic types of lipoma in which components of the tumor are replaced by mucoid substances. Lipomas of the parapharyngeal space are extremely rare with only a few cases having been reported. The presence of myxolipoma in the parapharyngeal space has not yet been reported in the literature. We present the first report of a 14-year-old female with myxolipoma in the left parapharyngeal space which was excised via a transcervical approach.
Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Lipoma ; Myxoma ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms