Difficult polypectomy-giant hypopharyngeal polyp: Case report and literature review

作     者：Giovanni Pallabazzer Stefano Santi Solito Biagio Simone D'Imporzano 

作者机构：Esophageal Surgery Unit Tuscany Regional Referral Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Disease Medical University of Pisa 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第19卷第35期

页      面：5936-5939页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Esophagus Giant fibrovascular polyp Esophageal polyp Fibroepithelial polyps 

摘      要：Giant esophageal and hypopharyngeal polyps are benign tumors rarely encountered in clinical *** most cases,they are completely asymptomatic;however,despite the rarity of these tumors,interest in giant esophageal polyps derives from their degree of growth(characterized by slow growth into the esophageal lumen)and their *** fact,if regurgitation occurs,they can ascend into the oral cavity and be aspirated into the airways,with potentially lethal *** removal of these giant polyps is *** adequate preoperative evaluation to identify the correct origin of the stalk is mandatory for a successful endoscopic or surgical treatment.A 60-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for *** patient underwent gastroscopy,contrast computed tomography and endoscopic *** the conclusion of the procedure,during the extraction of the echoendoscope,the patient began retching and regurgitated the polyp,without experiencing respiratory *** patient underwent a left cervicotomy and polyp dissection via a pharyngotomy.