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윤상인두근 경련 치험 1례
김영중1, 홍기환1
A Case of Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
Young Joong Kim1, Ki Hwan Hong1
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1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University
© Copyright 1993 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Published Online: May 31, 2020
ABSTRACT
A horizontal muscle fibers at the lower end of the pharynx is cricopharyngeus muscle. Complete or incomplete failure of the cricopharyngeus to relax(open) is called cricopharyngeal achalasia. This type of cricopharyngeal dysfunction may result from a large number of disorder.
Resently, we experienced a case of cricopharyngeal achalasia with tuberculous encephalitis and meningitis of 31 years-old female patient, who was treated with cricopharyngeal myotomy, with good result.
Keywords: Cricopharyngeal Achalasia; Cricopharyngeal Myotomy