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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models
Published on: March 1, 2015
Pharyngeal swallowing in patients with paresis of the recurrent nerve
Abstract:
Pharyngolaryngeal function during swallowing was investigated cineradiographically in 22 patients with paresis of the recurrent nerve. Nineteen of these patients (86%) had defective closure of the laryngeal vestibule: 10 patients had defective apposition of the corniculate cartilages, (paresis of the oblique cricoarytenoid muscle), 9 patients had defective apposition of the arytenoid cartilages, (paresis of the interarytenoid muscle), 13 patients had defective movement of the epiglottis (paresis of, i.a. the thyrohyoid muscle), 1 patient had defective closure of the subepiglottic portion of the vestibule (paresis of the thyroepiglottic muscle), 2 patients had defective closure of the supraglottic portion of the vestibule (paresis of the superior ventricular segment of the thyroarytenoid muscle). Five patients with immobility of the epiglottis also had paresis of the pharyngeal constrictor musculature indicating paresis of the superior laryngeal nerve. Our investigation has shown that patients with paresis of the recurrent nerve who present with dysphagia with or without aspiration should be examined cineradiographically for pharyngolaryngeal function during swallowing.
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