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Congenital Bilateral Pharyngoceles: An Unusual Case of Upper Dysphagia

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Pharyngocele is infrequently reported in the literature and is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of upper dysphagia. We describe the case of a healthy young man, without any history of activities that would result in elevated intrapharyngeal pressure, with difficulty swallowing since childhood. Bilateral pharyngoceles were diagnosed after barium swallow and carbonated-beverage ingestion. We discuss the possibility that our patient’s pharyngoceles may be congenital in origin from an internal branchial sinus anomaly.

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  1. Department of Endoscopy and Motility Unit, Central Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Panagiotis Katsinelos MD, PhD, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis MD, Ioannis Pilpilidis MD, Georgia Lazaraki MD, Kostas Soufleris MD & George Paroutoglou MD

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos Zavos MD & Jannis Kountouras MD, PhD

  3. Department of Endoscopy and Motility Unit, Central Hospital, Ethnikis Aminis 41, 546 35, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Panagiotis Katsinelos MD, PhD

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Katsinelos, P., Chatzimavroudis, G., Pilpilidis, I. et al. Congenital Bilateral Pharyngoceles: An Unusual Case of Upper Dysphagia. Dysphagia 23, 98–100 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-007-9091-6

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