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The complaint of a lump in the throat without obvious local causes was investigated in a series of 77 patients. Conventional and acid barium studies of the upper alimentary tract revealed pathology in 46.8% of the cases. In one-third of these cases, the diagnosis was provided by the acid barium technique alone. Oesophagoscopy and biopsy were of lesser diagnostic value. Treatment of the reflux oesophagitis results in disappearance of the globus sensation.

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