title: Hypopharyngeal venous malformation presenting with foreign body sensation and dysphagia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Review the importance of imaging selection and clinicoanatomic correlation for a vascular malformations presenting with unique symptomatology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case study and literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 64-year-old female presented with globus and dysphagia ongoing for 40 years. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy discovered a hypopharyngeal mass. A CT scan showed a soft tissue mass with shotty calcifications. Flexible laryngoscopy revealed a bluish compressible mass. MRI showed T2 hyperintensity with heterogeneous enhancement resulting in the diagnosis of a low-flow vascular malformation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All globus is not equal. Attention to symptoms, anatomy, and imaging selection is crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations uniquely presenting with dysphagia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA. Electronic address: AVahabzadehHagh@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vahabzadeh-Hagh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA. Electronic address: ASepahdari@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Ali R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sepahdari
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA. Electronic address: JFitter@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Jayson
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitter
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA. Electronic address: Abemayor@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abemayor
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012677:Sensation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000175:diagnosis*