Role of flexible transnasal esophagoscopy and patient education in the management of globus pharyngeus.

Background/purpose: Globus pharyngeus and dysphagia are common complaints of patients referred to ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinics. We aimed to establish an efficient method to rule out the presence of malignancy in patients with globus pharyngeus and dysphagia.

Methods: The use of flexible transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) was evaluated in 30 patients with globus pharyngeus and 6 patients with dysphagia.

Transoral endoscopic CO2 laser microsurgery for early laryngeal cancers.

Background: The impact of transoral endoscopic CO(2) laser microsurgery (TLM) for the treatment of Tis, T1, and T2 glottic cancer on local disease control, survival, and laryngeal preservation was investigated.

Methods: From October 1999 to February 2008, 48 patients with a previously untreated early laryngeal malignant tumor who had been treated with TLM were enrolled in this study. Overall survival, primary and ultimate local control, and larynx preservation rates were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method.

Endoscopic CO2 laser surgery for an atypical carcinoid tumor of the epiglottis masquerading as a supraglottic cyst.

Background: Atypical carcinoid tumor is a neuroendocrine tumor; its occurrence in the larynx is uncommon, and clinical manifestations are rare. We report an unusual case of atypical carcinoid tumor of the epiglottis mimicking a supraglottic retention cyst.

Methods: A 44-year-old woman complained of an intermittent globus sensation of the throat of 2 years' duration.