J Korean Radiol Soc.  1986 Dec;22(6):999-1004. 10.3348/jkrs.1986.22.6.999.

Radiologic evaluation of globus symptom

• Chung TS
• Lee JT
• Yoo HS
• Suh JH
• Kim KW
• Jang TY
• Park IY

• KMID: 2462252
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1986.22.6.999

Abstract

The globus symptom is a condition in which a patient, often middle aged women, complains of a lump andchocking sensation in the throat, Functional disturbance of the cricopharyngeal muscle, rendering it incapable ofrelaxing during swallowing, has long been recognized as a cause of globus symptom and dysphagia. We wanted to findout how often and to what extent distrubed relaxation of the cricopharyngeal muscle can be seen in patients withglobus symptom with routine examination and video esophagogram. The results were as follows: 1. Male : femaleratio was 1:2.4. 2. Globus symptom was most frequent in the age group between 30-39 of female. 3. Organic lesionswere seen in 43.6%(24 Pts) of globus patients. 4. Cricopharyngeal muscle was visualized in 29.1%(16Pts), esophageal diverticulum in 3.6%(2 Pts) and degenerative spondylosis in 3.6%(2 Pts). 5. Incidence of visualizationof cricopharyngeal muscle were higher in male group (50%) than female one (20.5%). 6. Cricopharyngeal muscle wasmost frequently visualized on early swallowing phase(12/16 Pts).

MeSH Terms

Deglutition
Deglutition Disorders
Diverticulum, Esophageal
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Pharynx
Relaxation
Sensation
Spondylosis