Abnormal throat sensation manifested in pediatric patients

• SAIGUSA Hideto

  Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School

• AINO Iichirou

  Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School

• IWASAKI Chiharu

  Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School

• KOKAWA Takayuki

  Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School

• NAKAMURA Tsuyoshi

  Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 胃食道逆流症 (GERD) により咽喉頭異常感を来した小児3例

Abstract

We report three pediatric cases (8-year-old boy and girl, 16-year-old boy) complaining of persistently abnormal throat sensation induced by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) without other causal disease. At first, we could not make differential diagnosis between GERD and psychological symptom or “tic” from their symptoms (persistent throat cleaning, abnormal throat sensation). Laryngoscopic finding revealed that posterior glottic lesion (especially, interarytenoid mucosa) was swollen with redness, and the lesion was in agreement with the point of abnormal throat sensation by palpation with the end of laryngeal fiberscopy. Those suggested that their symptoms might be caused by GERD, but esophagography and esophagoscopy provided no conclusive findings. So, we took empiric therapy using proton pump inhibitor (lansoprazole 10-15mg/day) for 8 weeks. After the therapeutic trial, their symptom had improved completely with laryngoscopic findings.

Journal

• OTOLOGIA FUKUOKA

  OTOLOGIA FUKUOKA 50 (2), 155-160, 2004

  JIBI TO RINSHO KAI

Keywords

• 胃食道逆流症 (GERD)
• 咽喉頭異常感
• 咽喉頭異常感症
• 小児GERD

Details

• CRID: 1390282680476425088
• NII Article ID: 130004404880
• DOI: 10.11334/jibi1954.50.2_155
• ISSN: 04477227
• Text Lang: ja
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  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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