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Postcricoid Mass Mimicking a Malignancy

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We are reporting a rare case of dysphagia secondary to an unusual postcricoid mass.

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All data generated or analysed during this study had already been included in this manuscript. Patient’s case file was retrieved from the medical record section of the institution. The clinical data had been collected from the prospectively maintained computerized database and the case file. The follow-up status was updated from the above-mentioned manner.

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Acknowledgements

This study was conducted using the available resources at Cairo University Hospitals.

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This research did not receive any special Grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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  1. Otolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 4 Mohamed Yousef Othman ST, Al zohour District, Omraneya, Giza, 12552, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt

    Ahmed Amin Nassar & Ahmad Mohamed Eltelety

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AAN made substantial contributions to the data collection, and manuscript writing & gave final approval of the manuscript version to be published. AME made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the manuscript and data collection. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Ahmed Amin Nassar.

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This study involved human subjects. All the procedures that involved human participants were performed in accordance with standards set by the Swedish Research Ethical Review Authority and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. Ethics approval is not applicable to retrospective treated individual case reports.

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Nassar, A.A., Eltelety, A.M. Postcricoid Mass Mimicking a Malignancy. Dysphagia 37, 692–695 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-021-10303-6

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