title: Cricopharyngeal myotomy for primary cricopharyngeal dysfunction caused by a structural abnormality localized in the cricopharyngeus muscle: report of a case.
abstract: Primary cricopharyngeal dysfunction (PCD) is a rare idiopathic disorder of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), characterized by oropharyngeal dysphagia, frequent aspiration, and narrowing at the level of the UES. Cricopharyngeal myotomy (CPM) has been used to treat oropharyngeal dysphagia of different causes including anatomic, neuromuscular, iatrogenic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and idiopathic; however, the indications for CPM and predictors of its outcome are not clearly defined. We report a case of PCD with hypertonic UES caused by a structural abnormality localized in the cricopharyngeus muscle, visualized as a cricopharyngeal bar, which we treated successfully by CPM, achieving long-term relief.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshizu
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D049631:Esophageal Sphincter, Upper / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*