title: Hypopharyngeal presentation of cicatricial pemphigoid: videofluorographic and direct laryngoscopic findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cicatricial pemphigoid can affect all mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract; however, hypopharyngeal involvement is less frequent.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper presents a 69-year-old male diagnosed as having cicatricial pemphigoid who was experiencing difficulty swallowing. Videofluorography with barium swallow demonstrated narrow flow through the medial hypopharynx, but not through the lateral hypopharynx. Direct laryngoscopy revealed that the postcricoid hypopharyngeal lumen had become narrow due to circumferential scar formation. Interestingly, detached thin membranous webs were observed beyond the circumferential scar.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report describes important videofluorographic and direct laryngoscopic findings showing rare hypopharyngeal involvement in a case of cicatricial pemphigoid.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. murono@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Murono
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Nakanishi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Fujimoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Yoshizaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003680:Deglutition Disorders; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014741:Video Recording
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate