Retropharyngeal lipoma causing dysphagia

Lipomas of the retropharyngeal region are rare, slow-growing tumours that a ttain a large size before producing symptoms such as dysphagia and dyspnoea . Clinical diagnosis may be difficult. However computed tomography or magne tic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice and helps in definitiv e diagnosis preoperatively, although final histological confirmation is ess ential. Surgery is the treatment of choice. In the following paper we repor t a case of retropharyngeal lipoma presenting with dysphagia which was mana ged surgically with complete amelioration of symptoms.