Hilal Fathi, Mahdi Eman, Nada Ayman
Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Radiol Case Rep. 2022 Jun 12;17(8):2878-2882. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.05.065. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Pharynx/Larynx is an uncommon site of involvement of sarcoidosis. Isolated pharyngo-laryngeal sarcoidosis is extremely rare as most of the cases are part from multiorgan and systemic sarcoidosis. Pharyngo-laryngeal sarcoidosis is usually asymptomatic which could be attributed to its rare incidence as many cases pass unnoticed. Symptomatic cases usually present with hoarseness of voice. As the disease progress, the patient can present with progressive dysphagia to solid and liquid with globus sensation. We described an atypical involvement of almost the whole length of the pharynx with extension into the larynx in a 51-year-old woman who presented with progressive dysphagia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the imaging features of sarcoidosis involvement of the pharynx and larynx.
咽/喉是结节病较少累及的部位。孤立性咽喉结节病极为罕见,因为大多数病例是多器官和系统性结节病的一部分。咽喉结节病通常无症状,这可能归因于其发病率低,许多病例未被注意到。有症状的病例通常表现为声音嘶哑。随着疾病进展,患者可出现进行性吞咽固体和液体困难并伴有咽部异物感。我们描述了一名51岁进行性吞咽困难女性患者,其咽部几乎全长非典型受累并延伸至喉部。据我们所知,这是第一份描述结节病累及咽和喉的影像学特征的报告。