Four Patients with Esophageal Candidosis Presented with Foreign Body Sensation of the Larynx

• Nagano Hiromi

  Ooshima Prefecture Hospital

• Yoshifuku Kousuke

  Ooshima Prefecture Hospital

• Kurono Yuichi

  Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 咽喉頭異常感を主訴とした食道カンジダ症
• リンショウ インコウトウ イジョウカン オ シュソ ト シタ ショクドウ カンジダショウ

Abstract

Esophageal candidosis is not a rare disease. It is caused by Candida albicans, which is normally indigenous in the oral cavity and the large intestine, but becomes pathogenic due to ingestion of antibiotics, steroids and immunosuppressants, complication of malignant tumors, and HIV infection.<br>We encountered 4 patients who consulted our hospital with a chief complaint of foreign body sensation of the larynx and were diagnosed with esophageal candidosis by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The patients were a 79-year-old woman with diabetes as an underlying disease, a 69-year-old man with laryngeal cancer (after radiotherapy), a 54-year-old man with laryngeal cancer (after laryngectomy), and a 46-year-old woman with no underlying disease. The clinical symptoms resolved rapidly within 1 month following oral administration of antifungal agents.

Journal

• Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica

  Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica 101 (3), 233-236, 2008

  The Society of Practical Otolaryngology

Keywords

• esophageal candidosis
• foreign body sensation of the larynx
• upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Details

• CRID: 1390001204262304000
• NII Article ID: 10021294214
• NII Book ID: AN00107089
• DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.101.233
• ISSN: 18844545
• ISSN: 00326313
• NDL BIB ID: 9404592
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9404592
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2008150624
• Text Lang: ja
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