Anti-Yo Mediated Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration Associated with Pseudobulbar Affect in a Patient with Breast Cancer by Allison N. Martin, Patrick M. Dillon, David E. Jones, David R. Brenin, David A. Lapides

“…We present a case of a 52-year-old female presenting with diplopia, gait instability, dysarthria, dysphagia, nystagmus, and, most notably, new onset paroxysmal episodes of uncontrollable crying concerning for pseudobulbar affect (PBA). …”
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Thyroid Carcinoma. Case Report and Literature Review by José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas

“…He went to the office with an increase neck volume in the anterior region for several months, accompanied by malaise, gallop rhythm and sometimes dysphagia to solid foods. On the physical examination a tumor was found which occupied almost the entire right lobe, corresponding to a nodule of approximately 4 cm. in diameter, mobile with swallowing. …”
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Giant Hypopharyngeal Fibrovascular Polyp: A Case Report and Review of the Relevant Literature by Suheyl Haytoglu, Birgul Tuhanioglu, Abdurrahman Bozkurttan, Osman Kursat Arikan

“…In this paper, we report a case of fibrovascular polyp of a 52-year-old female, who presented with progressive dysphagia and weight loss and regurgitating a mass from her mouth. …”
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Limbic Encephalitis during Treatment with Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Koki Nakashima, Yoshiki Demura, Kosuke Kurokawa, Toshihiro Takeda, Norihiro Jikuya, Masahiro Oi, Toshihiko Tada, Masaya Akai, Tamotsu Ishizuka

“…We herein report a 66-year-old man with SCLC who developed disorientation, dysphagia, and gait disturbance after three courses of treatment with atezolizumab. …”
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Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting Atypically with Severe Pharyngeal Ulceration by Bayanne Olabi, Justin C. Mason, Ziad Farah

“…This was associated with dysphagia and significant weight loss. Oesophagoduodenoscopy showed that the ulceration extended throughout the oropharynx. …”
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Beyond Bell's Palsy: Cephalic Tetanus Unveiled by Lubna Khan, Samra Mansoori, Raeda Khan, Mohammad Iqbal

“…Subsequent development of trismus and dysphagia led to a revised diagnosis of cephalic tetanus. …”
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Esophageal Leiomyomatosis – An Unusual Cause of Pseudoachalasia by Sukanta Ray, Sundeep Singh Saluja, Ruchika Gupta, Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyay

“…A case of leiomyomatosis that presented as achalasia not associated with Alport’s syndrome is described in a 35-year-old woman with a 16-year history of dysphagia. Barium swallow showed a smooth narrowing at the lower end of the esophagus with a longer than usual stricture length. …”
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A New Technique in Primary Repair of Congenital Esophageal Atresia Preventing Anastomotic Stricture Formation and Describing the Opening Condition of Blind Pouch: Plus (“+”) Incisi... by Mehmet Melek, Ufuk Cobanoglu

“…We performed this technique on 11 patients, and in the 4-year follow-up period no dilatation proved necessary in any of our patients due to anastomotic strictures or symptomatic dysphagia. This technique that we have described provides a large zigzag anastomosis line and in this way minimizes the incidence of stricture formation. …”
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Assessment of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Surgically Treated Oral Cancer Patients after Prosthetic Rehabilitation by Rakhi Kumari, Nikita Raman, Amit Kumar, Humaira Jabeen Tamanna, Anjali, Praveen Gangadharappa

“…Background: Surgical removal of oral cancer results in tissue abnormalities, deformities, and reduced mobility; these problems can lead to esthetic disturbance, dysphagia, dysarthria, and masticatory dysfunction affecting oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). …”
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Missing Screw as a Rare Complication of Anterior Cervical Instrumentation by Yusuf Kurtuluş Duransoy, Mesut Mete, Baha Zengel, Mehmet Selçukı

“…At postoperative month 10, he presented with hemoptysis and dysphagia. Cervical roentgenograms showed anterior migrations of one broken screw and a plate-locking screw at the C6 corpus. …”
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Clinical characteristics of the Ala21Val variant in the myelin proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1) gene associated with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in a Brazilian male patient by Pedro Manzke, Pedro Renato P. Brandão, Talita Balieiro, Diógenes Diego de Carvalho Bispo, Maria Joana Osório, Gustavo Barcelos Barra

“…He presented with developmental delays, nystagmus, spastic paraparesis, optic atrophy, dysphagia, appendicular ataxia, and progressive head tremor. …”
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Extensive Causative Esophagitis Caused by Thermal Injury: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Cherng Harng Lim, Hsu-Heng Yen, Wei-Wen Su, Cherng-Jyr Lim, Hao-Chien Tsai, Shi-Ting Chen

“…We herein present a case of thermally induced diffuse corrosive esophagitis with complaints of dysphagia and retrosternal chest pain after having steamed pork. …”
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid by Salvatore Martellucci, Giulio Pagliuca, Marco de Vincentiis, Chiara Rosato, Ettore Scaini, Camilla Gallipoli, Andrea Gallo

“…With the progression of disease, dysphagia, otalgia, and painful swallowing are usually referred. …”
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A Rare Case of Large Schwannoma of the Parapharyngeal Space by Nora Siupsinskiene, Irina Arechvo, Rimante Lapinskaite, Evaldas Padervinskis, Silvija Ryskiene, Saulius Vaitkus

“…The special traits of the presented case included the following: the patient presented with slowly progressing dysphagia, speech difficulties, jaw numbness, and taste dysfunction. …”
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A Case of Drastic Reduction of Membranous Substances in the Pharynx by Interprofessional Cooperative Oral Care by Masahiko Okubo, Hideyuki Kamimura, Tsuyoshi Sato, Shoichiro Kokabu

“…Although the mechanism of the formation of these deposits sometimes causes problems, such as dysphagia, asphyxia, or aspiration pneumonia, a 91-year-old male complained about difficulty of swallowing. …”
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American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on gastrostomy feeding tubes: methodology and review of evidence by Divyanshoo Rai Kohli, MD, Natalie Cosgrove, MD, Wasif M. Abidi, MD, PhD, Jorge D. Machicado, MD, MPH, Madhav Desai, MD, MPH, Nauzer Forbes, MD, MSc, Neil B. Marya, MD, Nikhil R. Thiruvengadam, MD, Nirav C. Thosani, MD, MHA, Omeed Alipour, MD, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, Sherif E. Elhanafi, MD, Sunil G. Sheth, MD, Wenly Ruan, MD, John C. Fang, MD, Stephen A. McClave, MD, Rodrick C. Zvavanjanja, MD, MSc, FRCR(UK), FSIR, DABR(DR/VIR), Dhruvil K. Radadiya, MBBS, Amir Y. Kamel, PharmD, BCNSP, Bashar J. Qumseya, MD, MPH

“…In patients with malignant dysphagia, either transoral “Pull” PEG or transcutaneous “Direct” PEG can be performed for initial enteral access.…”
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke by Majdi Al Qawasmeh, Belal Aldabbour, Aiman Momani, Deema Obiedat, Kefah Alhayek, Raid Kofahi, Ahmed Yassin, Khalid El-Salem

“…Prolonged length of stay was observed in 23.23% of patients, which was associated with several factors, the most common of which were persistent dysphagia (57.5%), nosocomial infection (39.3%), and combined dysphagia and nosocomial infection (21.2%). …”
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From Benign to Malign in a Case of Cervical Adenopathy in a 17-Year-Old Adolescent: Diagnostic Traps by Simona Dumitra, Maria Trailescu, Amelia Burlea, Claudia Covaci, Ozana Balan, Adrian Pavel, Carmen Crișan

“…We report a case of right laterocervical adenopathy in a 17-year-old teenager admitted to hospital with an episode of fever associated with dysphagia, congested pharynx, and pultaceous deposits. …”
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Advanced Esophageal Neoplasm with Subcutaneous Metastasis by Rivadávio A. M. de Oliveira, Tassiara da Silva, Mariana Miyasaki Piovesana, Carlos Eduardo Stecca, George A. Lopes, Vitor Teixeira Liutti

“…Soon after that, the patient developed dysphagia and subcutaneous lesions on the right flank. …”
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Cytomegalovirus/Herpes Simplex Virus Co-infection with Associated Oesophageal Stricture in a Young Immunocompetent Woman: A Case Report and Literature Review by David Godfrey, Ashwin Patwardhan

“…The authors report a case of an immunocompetent 40-year-old woman with a past history of iron deficiency anaemia and idiopathic hypertension who presented with dysphagia. Investigations revealed a circumferential oesophageal stricture, with biopsies positive for CMV and HSV. …”
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