咽喉頭異常感症について

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Pharyngopathy, or discomfort in the throat, is a symptom rather than a disease. It requires clinical evaluation as it may be a manifestation of malignancy in the upper esophagus or hypopharynx. Pharyngopathy has often been regarded as a psychosomatic disease, which requires examination of the patient's psychological background as well as a thorough search for organic disease. Of 144 cases of pharyngopathy seen in the past three years, 3% were malignant tumors, 74% inflammation, 34% deformity of the cervical vertebrae, 14% esophageal disease and 5% neurosis.
In spite of the high incidence of inflammatory changes observed in the pharynx, it was not possible to relate these changes to the cause of discomfort in the throat in many patients.
The author's impression obtained from repeated interviews and CMI studies is that psychosomatic factors are frequently involved in the symptoms of discomfort in the throat.