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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Lipoma of right pyriform sinus
  1. Muhammad Sami Jabbr1,
  2. Iyad Hamadi1,
  3. Mouhannad Mahmoud Abdulber Fakoury1,
  4. Gamal Yousef Youssef1,2
  1. 1ENT Department, Dubai Health Authority-Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  2. 2Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
  1. Correspondence to Dr Muhammad Sami Jabbr, msamijabbr{at}dha.gov.ae

Summary

We present a case of large mass arising from the right pyriform sinus extending inferiorly to the postcricoid area and superiorly to the right aryepiglottic fold causing a foreign body sensation and obstructive symptoms, its histological examination following the endoscopic surgical excision showed a lipoma. We are also describing the endoscopic, radiological and intraoperative findings with a brief literature review.

  • ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • head and neck surgery
  • otolaryngology / ENT

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219872

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Conception or design of the work: MSJ; Data collection: MMAF; Data analysis and interpretation: IH and GYY; Drafting the article: MSJ and MMAF; Critical revision of the article: all authors; Final approval of the version to be published: all authors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.