[An analysis of the causes of refractory pharyngeal paraesthesia in 600 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the causes of refractory pharyngeal paraesthesia.


METHODS
Besides routine examination of otolaryngology, 600 patients were tested by fiberoptic laryngoscopy, fiberoptic gastroesophagoscopy, nasal sinuses CT, styloid process X-ray as well as neck and thyroid gland B ultrasonography. Then, they were treated according to respective causes.


RESULTS
Among 600 cases of refractory pharyngeal paraesthesia, 229 (38.2%) cases were diagnosed as gastroesophagitis, 113 (18.8%) nasal sinusitis, 57 (9.5%) climacteric syndromes, 40 (6.7%) chronic tonsillitis, 22 (3.7%) carcinophobia, 13 (2.2%) subacute thyroiditis or thyrophymas, 9 (1.5%) elongation of styloid process and 117 (19.5%) other causes. All patients were treated according to respective causes and total cure rate was 84.2% after 6 months.


CONCLUSIONS
There are many causes of pharyngeal paraesthesia. We should pay attention to its relationship with gastroesophagitis and nasal sinusitis etc, especially, gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Wang
Xingwei
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Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. wang-xingwei@126.com
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*