Fibromatous Polyp of Hypopharynx Presenting From the Mouth

Pharyngeal leiomyosarcoma

“…Depending on location there may be obstruction causing nasal regurgitation, dysphagia and/or stridor; pressure on and displacement of surrounding structures causing hoarseness, overspill, hypernasality, the 'feeling of a lump'; or systemic effects such as pyrexia, weight loss and fatigue, secondary to rapid growth with necrosis and infection. Sohn and Feuerstein (1967) describe a fibromatous polyp of the hypopharynx completely unsuspected and asymptomatic, that projected suddenly from the mouth during the course of electro-convulsive therapy. These authors discuss the clinical silence of such a hypopharyngeal polyp and attribute it to the distensibility of the upper oesophagus.…”