Globus sensation is a subjective feeling of a lump or foreign body in the throat. It is sometimes called globus pharyngeus. The term globus hystericus was previously used because of the belief that psychogenic factors were involved and that globus sensation was just a type of somatisation disorder presenting with pseudoneurological symptoms. However, it is now widely considered that globus sensation can have underlying physiological or anatomical causes and there are thought to be a number of potential aetiologies.1
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/gastroenterology/globus-sensation-pro