background: systemic lupus erythematosus is a kind of multi-system autoimmune disorder with unknown aetiology and it produces antibodies against various tissues. case presentation:the patient wasa 44-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus for approximately five years, along with underlying diseases including peptic ulcers, asthma, hypertension and diabetes in the past 10 ...

A 73-year-old female developed right facial paralysis of House-Brackmann (H-B) grade III and was diagnosed with Bell's palsy. After three months steroid therapy, she progressive hearing loss, an MRI revealed a tumor in the internal auditory canal. Within few months, nerve palsy recurred, patient treated Gamma Knife radiosurgery. The irradiated region disappeared, but new dysphagia observed, par...

Dysphagia is a relatively common complication of anterior cervical spine surgery. Smoking has not been definitively assessed as a risk factor for dysphagia. This study examined risk factors for dysphagia, including smoking and pain severity. The authors performed a cross-sectional cohort study of 100 patients who underwent anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF). Dysphagia was assessed w...

Communications to the Editor phoisphorylation. Additionally, the serum lactate level was measured in one oaf otsr cases early in the hospital course, and it was found to be normal. We believe that if uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation were primarily responsible for shock and multiple-system organ failure, the serum lactate level should have been markedly elevated. Dr Schmidt correctly poin...

an example not only of dysphagia consequent upon left atrial enlargement but of ossophageal and systemic arterial erosion from the same cause and as a mode of death. Since dysphagia is further qualified in other circumstances-as dysphagia nervosa or dysphagia lusoria-it is suggested that, when left atrial enlargement is of such proportion that dysphagia results, this circumstance be called dysp...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic fundoplication has revolutionized the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite improvements in the technique of fundoplication, persistent dysphagia remains a significant cause of postoperative morbidity. METHOD Causes of persistent postoperative dysphagia were analyzed in a consecutive series of 167 patients after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplicati...

introduction: many patients who have had strokes suffer from dysphagia which can lead to aspiration pneumonia in 20% to 25% of cases. early assessment of dysphagia has can reduce the risk of death and the cost of medical care. the present study developed a questionnaire to assess dysphagia in adult patients who have suffered strokes and determined the validity and reliability of the content. me...