A Case of Piriform Sinus Fistula Occurring Seven Times before Resolution

Yuhsuke Ohtake; Shinichi Sakurai; Fumiaki Saito; Shuji Koike; Yusuke Suzuki; Toshinori Kubota; Shin Yoshida

doi:10.5631/jibirinsuppl.130.106

Festschrift for Professor Masaru Aoyagi In Honor of His Retirement as Chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine

A Case of Piriform Sinus Fistula Occurring Seven Times before Resolution

Yuhsuke Ohtake, Shinichi Sakurai, Fumiaki Saito, Shuji Koike, Yusuke Suzuki, Toshinori Kubota, Shin Yoshida

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Keywords: piriform sinus fistula, cervical abscess, pharyngoesophagography

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2011 Volume 130 Pages 106-111

DOI https://doi.org/10.5631/jibirinsuppl.130.106

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Abstract

Piriform sinus fistula is congenital anomaly, mostly occurring on the left side.
We report a case of a 9-year-old boy suffering cryptogenic cervical abscess formation seven times before it was finally resolved. Referred in December 2001 for a suspected pirifom sinus fistula, his diagonosis was confirmed by pharyngoesophagography. The fistula was completely resected using a cervical approach, after which the fistula disappeared and has not recurred in the 6 years since surgery.

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