CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
58-year-old excessive consumer of alcohol and nicotin. Severe dysphagia for months.



FINDINGS:
Demonstration of a right-sided hypopharyngeal mass 2.0 x 2.0 cm in diameter and of density similar to muscle after contrast application. Mass extends laterally to the sheath of vessels and nerves on the right side and partially occludes the hypopharynx. It extends
ventrally almost to the hyoid. No evidence of invasion.


DIAGNOSIS
:
Hypopharynx carcinoma


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Other hypopharyngeal masses.



Web resources:

1) Amersham Health
2) Roche Lexikon Medizin
3) Medicine Worldwide
4) Onkologie.de