Myasthenic Crisis in an Elderly Patient with Positive Antibodies against Acetylcholine and Anti-MuSK, Successfully Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by José A. Fernández, Antonio Fernández-Valiñas, Daniel Hernández, Joel Orozco, Antonio Lugo

“…We present the case of a 73-year-old man with a medical history of myasthenia gravis and positive antibody titers against acetylcholine and anti-MuSK, who sought for medical assessment because of respiratory tract infection symptoms, dysphagia, and generalized weakness. Initially, no respiratory distress was found. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological characterization of infection associated with ischemic stroke in patients over 60 years of age by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Ezequiel Ernesto López Espinosa, Liannys Lidia Naranjo Flores

“…When comparing both groups of patients, a significant difference was found regarding the history of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and presence of neurogenic dysphagia. Patients who developed this complication were older, had a poorer level of consciousness, greater stroke severity, and nutritional risk. …”
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Esophageal Foreign Bodies in Pediatric Patients: A Thirteen-Year Retrospective Study by Beata Rybojad, Grazyna Niedzielska, Artur Niedzielski, Ewa Rudnicka-Drozak, Pawel Rybojad

“…Most objects were located within cricopharyngeal sphincter. Dysphagia occurred in 43%, followed by vomiting (29%) and drooling (28%). …”
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Consensus on the Definition of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: A Neurologists-Based Delphi Study (CEPA Study) by Maria-Rosario Luquin, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Pablo Mir, Eduardo S. Tolosa

“…Definitive symptoms of APD included disability requiring help for the activities of daily living, presence of motor fluctuations with limitations to perform basic activities of daily living without help, severe dysphagia, recurrent falls, and dementia. These results will help neurologists to identify some key factors in APD diagnosis, thus allowing users to categorize the patients for a homogeneous recognition of this condition.…”
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Diagnosis dan Penatalaksanaan Tumor Ganas Laring by Dolly Irfandy, Sukri Rahman

“…Patients with laryngeal tumors usually present with complaints of hoarseness, respiratory obstruction,<br />dysphagia, odynophagia and hemoptysis. Diagnosis of laryngeal cancer is made by medical history, clinical<br />examination using a rigid or fiberoptic endoscope and biopsy. …”
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Tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as a locally advanced thyroid gland carcinoma by Mariam Ben Ayed, MD, Makram Tbini, MD, Inès Riahi, MD, Sarra Idriss, MD, Mamia Ben Salah, MD

“…We report the case of a 65-year-old male who presented to our department due to a 3-month history of mild dysphagia without other associated symptoms. The neck, laryngeal, and hypopharyngeal examinations were normal. …”
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High-resolution manometry in clinical practice: analysis of esophageal motor function according to Chicago classification by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…High-resolution manometry is indicated for patients presenting with dysphagia symptoms, noncoronary chest pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease and other disorders. …”
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Postrema area syndrome in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report by Jose Ricardo Muñoz-Zúñiga, Andrea del Mar Tamayo-Delgado, Alberto Masaru Shinchi-Tanaka, Juan Camilo Márquez, Alex Echeverri-García, Santiago Lopez Garcia

“…Case report: A 27-year-old Colombian female with a five-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presented with vomiting, epigastric pain, dysphagia, and seizures. Initial tests suggested acute pancreatitis and a lupus flare, but imaging of the gastrointestinal tract showed no abnormalities. …”
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Carotid endarterectomy in the setting of persistent hypoglossal artery by Samuel D. Leonard, MD, Lili Sadri, MD, Hung Nguyen, MD, Naveed Saqib, MD, Marvin Heck, MD, Gordon Martin, MD

“…The operation proceeded without complications, maintaining normal electroencephalogram readings, and the patient exhibited no focal neurological deficits postoperatively, although transient dysphagia was noted. Follow-up imaging at 4 months confirmed the patency of the internal carotid artery and PHA. …”
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Characteristics of fish-bone foreign bodies in the upper aero-digestive tract: The importance of identifying the species of fish. by Tadahisa Shishido, Jun Suzuki, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Yuta Kobayashi, Yukio Katori

“…<h4>Methods</h4>From October 2015 to May 2020, 368 patients visited the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Tohoku University Hospital complaining of dysphagia, sore throat, or pharyngeal discomfort after eating fish. …”
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CARP VIII antibody-related autoimmune cerebellar ataxia in a child after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: a case report by Minglei Li, Zongming Han, Jinlei Li, Qianyun Wang, Zufang Lv

“…Its clinical symptoms include gait disorder, limb ataxia, dysarthria, and dysphagia. According to the Chinese Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Encephalitis 2024, the diagnosis of ACA is based on the following points: 1. subacute or acute onset of the disease, with cerebellar syndrome as the main manifestation; 2. …”
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Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Larynx by Omar Rizvi, Tyson Nielsen, Shethal Bearelly

“…Following completion of radiation therapy, she had improvement of her sore throat, nausea, dysphagia, dysgeusia, and dry mouth. At 21-month follow-up, she had no evidence of disease. …”
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Reidel’s Thyroiditis, a Diagnostic and Management Challenge: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yassine Er-Rahali, Mohammed Massine El Hammoumi, Jad Issouani, Colna Antonio Nfad, Souad El Moussaoui, El Hassane Kabiri, Ahmed Anass Guerboub

“…We report the case of a 38-year-old woman, presented with a 10-month history of progressive hypothyroidism, dysphonia, and dysphagia. A Doppler ultrasound study revealed massive thyroid enlargement with multiple Eu TIRADS 3 and 4 nodules. …”
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A CADASIL-Like Case with a Novel Noncysteine Mutation of the NOTCH3 Gene and Granular Deposits in the Renal Arterioles by Kuniyuki Nakamura, Tetsuro Ago, Akihiro Tsuchimoto, Nozomi Noda, Asako Nakamura, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Takeshi Uchiumi, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Masahiro Kamouchi, Hiroaki Ooboshi, Takanari Kitazono

“…We herein report the finding of a 62-year-old male, who developed dysarthria and dysphagia, with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy- (CADASIL-) like cerebral lesions. …”
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Case report: a rare case of diffusely metastatic BRAF V600E-mutated colorectal cancer with concomitant infiltration of the skin and parotid gland by Aristeidis E. Boukouris, Ioannis Kokkinakis, Elias Drakos, Maria Sfakianaki, Maria Tzardi, Dimitrios Mavroudis, Dimitrios Mavroudis, John Souglakos, John Souglakos

“…Herein, we report a patient with initial diagnosis of stage IIIc CRC, who presented during follow-up (adjuvant phase) with dysphagia, left-sided lagophthalmos and multiple skin nodules. …”
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Esophageal Clearance Patterns in Normal Older Adults as Documented with Videofluoroscopic Esophagram by Janice Jou, Jason Radowsky, Ronald Gangnon, Elizabeth Sadowski, Stephanie Kays, Jacqueline Hind, Eric Gaumnitz, Andrew Taylor, JoAnne Robbins

“…These findings suggest a need for a more comprehensive definition regarding the range of normal esophageal bolus transport to (a) prevent misdiagnosis of dysphagia and (b) to enhance generalization to functional eating, which involves solid foods in addition to liquids.…”
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A phase I/II study evaluating the feasibility and safety of delivering adjuvant hypofractionated radiotherapy in resected oral cavity cancers (HYPO-ART study) by Mranalini Verma, Divya Kukreja, Deep Chakrabarti, Aman Verma, MD, Naseem Akhtar, Kirti Srivastava, Sanjay Singhal

“…Acute grade 3 toxicity included oral mucositis in 60.5 % of patients and dysphagia in 18.3 % of patients. 71 % of patients required nasogastric tube placement and 50 % needed day-care support. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Associated with Acute Ischemic by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Ezequiel López Espinosa, Noelsis García Verdecia, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…The following independent factors were identified: Glasgow Coma Scale ≤ 11 (OR: 26.099; 95 % CI 7.164-85.075), history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR: 8.896; 95 % CI 1.203-65.779), dysphagia (OR: 7.652; 95 % CI 2.369- 24.720), history of heart failure (OR: 4.583; 95 % CI 1.240- 16.932) and dysarthria/severe motor aphasia (OR: 4.222; 95 % CI 1.374- 12.975). …”
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Giant Parotid Pleomorphic Adenoma Involving Parapharyngeal Space by Sukri Rahman, Bestari J Budiman, Yurni Yurni

“…There was asymptomatic swelling of the neck and presence of pushing the pharynx and larynx medially causes dysphonia, dysphagia, and IX,X,XII cranial nerves deficit. Management: The patient has been performed parotidectomy with transcervical-transparotid approaches by preservation of the external carotid artery and facial nerve. …”
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Respiratory dysfunction in whiplash associated disorders (WAD) with cervical plexus syndrome – A case report by NA Nystrom, SR Daulat, A Zakaria, M Petersen, VM Moodley, LP. Champagne

“…The condition exhibits significant variability among affected individuals and can involve numerous secondary symptoms, including but not limited to myalgia, central sensitization, migraines, photophobia, jaw pain, dysphagia, joint stiffness, and tinnitus, while significant breathing problems are not commonly associated with or prominently considered in WAD.Herein, we present the diagnosis and successful surgical treatment of severe respiratory dysfunction and staccato speech in a patient with WAD, who over a period of more than ten years underwent multiple spirometry evaluations for breathing difficulties that correlated with the severity of neck pain. …”
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