Asian woman with difficulty in swallowing

A woman with thoracic outlet syndrome and difficulty swallowing.

CLINICAL HISTORY A 44-year-old right-handed female deputy sheriff was rear ended in an auto accident while stopped at a traffic light. She had her seatbelt on at the time of impact. She experienced immediate pain in the back of her head and neck exiting her car unassisted. On the following day, she consulted with a chiropractor, who prescribed treatment for approximately 2 months, which helped ...

Aspiration due to difficulty in swallowing.

Difficulty in swallowing, with aspiration pneumonia in infancy.

Difficulty in swallowing, starting soon after birth and resulting in aspiration pneumonia, may be due to: pharyngeal incoordination; cerebral palsy; familial dysautonomia; poliomyelitis with bulbar palsy; agenesis of bulbar nuclei; or myasthenia gravis. Pharyngeal incoordination mainly affects premature babies and usually lasts from two to four weeks (Avery, 1964; Scott-Brown, Ballantyne, and G...

Comparison of Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study and Radionuclide Salivagram for Aspiration Pneumonia in Children With Swallowing Difficulty

Objective To determine whether the use of both videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) and radionuclide salivagram was beneficial for detecting aspiration-induced pneumonia in children with swallowing difficulty. Methods From 2001 to 2016, children who underwent both VFSS and salivagram consecutively for suspected aspiration or dysphagia were included in the study. Demographic data, finding...

An Infantile Case of Sandhoff Disease Presenting With Swallowing Difficulty

Infants with Sandhoff disease typically appear normal until 3-6 months of age. As the disease progresses, they present with symptoms such as loss of motor skills, exaggerated startle response to loud noise, seizures, visual loss, and paralysis. We encountered a rare case of a 22-month-old girl with Sandhoff disease characterized by progressive motor weakness and dysphagia, who initially showed ...