Multisystem Myotilinopathy, including Myopathy and Left Ventricular Noncompaction, due to the MYOT Variant c.179C>T by Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stöllberger, Matthias Hasun, Korbinian Riedhammer, Mathias Wagner

“…The patient is a 72-year-old male with a history of strabismus in childhood, asymptomatic creatine-kinase elevation since age 42 years, slowly progressive lower limb weakness since age 60 years, slowly progressive dysarthria and dysphagia since age 62 years, and recurrent episodes of arthralgias and myalgias since age 71 years. …”
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Farshid Ejtehadi, Nikolaos A. Chatzizacharias, Hugh Kennedy

“…The patient, a 75-year-old female, presented with an 8-month history of worsening dysphagia and epigastric pain, as well as other nonspecific symptoms. …”
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Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia by Simone Garzon, Giovanni Zanconato, Nicoletta Zatti, Giuseppe Chiarioni, Massimo Franchi

“…Acute retrosternal pain followed by hematemesis and dysphagia differentiates the hematoma from other cardiac or thoracic emergencies, including acute myocardial infarction or aortic dissection. …”
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Embedded Pork Bone Causing Esophageal Perforation and an Esophagus-Innominate Artery Fistula by Andrew C. Berry, Peter V. Draganov, Brijesh B. Patel, Danny Avalos, Warren L. Reuther, Avinash Ravilla, Bruce B. Berry, Michael J. Monzel

“…A 20-year-old mentally challenged female presented with “something stuck in her throat,” severe dysphagia, and recurrent vomiting. Initial imaging was unremarkable; however, subsequent imaging and esophagogastroduodenoscopy two weeks later revealed an embedded pork bone. …”
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Psoas Muscle Infiltration Masquerading Distant Adenocarcinoma by Kamel A. Gharaibeh, Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, Tauqeer Yousuf

“…A 62-year-old male presented with a seven-month history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain and progressive dysphagia. CT scan of abdomen-pelvis revealed a right psoas infiltration not amenable to surgical drainage. …”
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Cloxacillin: A New Cause of Pill-Induced Esophagitis by Petros Zezos, Ziv Harel, Fred Saibil

“…Pill-induced esophagitis may be underreported by patients, when symptoms are mild and unrecognized and/or underdiagnosed by the clinicians as a cause of retrosternal pain, odynophagia, or dysphagia. Failure of early recognition may result in unnecessary diagnostic investigations and prolongation of the patient’s discomfort. …”
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Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population by Lingam Amara Swapna, Nada Tarek AlMegbil, Alhanouf Othman Almutlaq, Pradeep Koppolu

“…Patients with an elongated styloid process might present with dysphagia and pain in the cervicofacial region. These patients could be misdiagnosed as other orofacial pathologies. …”
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Burkitt’s Lymphoma of the Gastrohepatic Omentum: A Malignant Presentation of Pseudoachalasia by Eric Omar Then, Andrew Ofosu, Prashanth Rawla, Tagore Sunkara, Sriharsha Dadana, Andrea Culliford, Vinaya Gaduputi

“…Clinically it is manifested by dysphagia to solids and liquids, weight loss, regurgitation, and chest pain. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in a Child by Y. T. Udaka, K. Shayan, N. A. Chuang, J. R. Crawford

“…Examination revealed extreme cachexia, gaze-evoked nystagmus, dysphagia, dysarthria, bilateral dysmetria, and global weakness without ambulation. …”
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An Uncommon Case of Plasma Cell Mucositis of the Tongue in a Young Man by Alessandro Antonelli, Fiorella Averta, Federica Diodati, Danila Muraca, Ylenia Brancaccio, Chiara Mignogna, Amerigo Giudice

“…It is a rare disease, and its etiology is not yet known with variable clinical features. Symptoms include dysphagia, oral pain, and swelling. We described a case of PCM involving the tongue of a 14-year-old man. …”
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Fish Protein Hydrolysate as Protein Enrichment in Texture-Modified Salmon Products by Leena Prabhu, Aase Vorre Skuland, Paula Varela, Jan Thomas Rosnes

“…The aim of this study was to develop a chilled, texture-modified salmon product for dysphagia patients, enriched with dairy and fish hydrolysate proteins. …”
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Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis Associated with Metastatic Seminoma by Hidekazu Yoshie, Ryuto Nakazawa, Wataru Usuba, Hiroya Kudo, Yuichi Sato, Hideo Sasaki, Tatsuya Chikaraishi

“…However, muscle weakness gradually worsened, and he eventually showed dysphagia and forced respiration and became bedridden. …”
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A qualitative inquiry of speech-language therapists’ views about breastfeeding management by Danica Schlome, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Background: Management of oropharyngeal dysphagia within the first few days of an infant’s life results in favourable breastfeeding outcomes, indicating the importance of investigating the breastfeeding management practices of speech-language therapists (SLTs) working within this field. …”
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An Unusual Amyloid Goiter in a 48-Year-Old Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Secondary Amyloidosis and Renal Failure by B. López-Muñoz, L. Greco Bermúdez, D. Marín-Jiménez, M. F. Sánchez de la Fuente, A. Franca Capparelli, I. Mascarell Martínez, S. Serrano Corredor

“…The clinic is a progressive increase of the thyroid gland with compressive symptomatology (dyspnea, dysphagia, and changes in the voice). The main imaging finding is diffuse fatty infiltration of the thyroid. …”
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Developing Country: Is It Different from Developed Countries? by Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini, Toufic Semaan, Imad El Hag

“…Feeding difficulty, vomiting/regurgitation, and failure to thrive predominated in young children, whereas dysphagia and food impactions predominated in older children and adults. …”
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Gastric Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient Treated with Isavuconazole Monotherapy by Imran Gani, Atbin Doroodchi, Kristina Falkenstrom, Holly Berry, Won Lee, Laura Mulloy, Muhammad Saeed, Rajan Kapoor

“…Our patient, a 79-year-old male, presented with severe dysphagia and odynophagia about 2 weeks after receiving a renal transplant. …”
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Cannabis oil in treating Parkinson’s disease: improvement of motor and non-motor symptoms: a case report by C. T. M. I. Issa, R. D. Castro, K. L. G. D. Albuquerque

“…He also had advanced dysphagia, resulting in a gastrostomy. Although lucid, he showed no interest in conversation and tended to become depressed and isolated. …”
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Gastric Linitis Plastica and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis as First Manifestations of Occult Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mara Mantiero, Giovanni Faggioni, Alice Menichetti, Matteo Fassan, Valentina Guarneri, Pierfranco Conte

“…After 20 months, the same therapy is still ongoing and well tolerated, while the patient is in good condition with improvement of the dysphagia. Almost 2 years after the diagnosis of linitis plastica, the primitive breast lesion is still occult.…”
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Laparoscopic Removal of Angelchik Prosthesis Followed by Interval Sleeve Gastrectomy by Faryal G. Afridi, Morgan Johnson, Kelsey A. Musgrove, Salim Abunnaja, Lawrence E. Tabone, David C. Borgstrom, Nova Szoka

“…She also reported significant problems with reflux and dysphagia. After an appropriate work-up, an AP was identified at her GEJ. …”
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Creation and validation of a new index to predict pneumonia associated with ischemic stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the variables that contributed the highest score to the index were dysphagia (28), the NIHSS scale ≥ 12 points (24) and heart failure (22). …”
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