Oropharyngoesophageal Scintigraphy in a Case of Complex Swallowing Disorders After a Major Oral Surgery
| Autor: | Ylenia Longobardi, Claudio Parrilla, Daria Maccora, Jacopo Galli, Valerio Lanni, Venanzio Valenza |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Oral Surgical Procedures Scintigraphy Pharyngectomy stomatognathic system otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Aged Rehabilitation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Swallowing Disorders digestive oral and skin physiology Pharyngeal swallowing Reflux General Medicine Dysphagia Surgery Squamous carcinoma Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female medicine.symptom Deglutition Disorders business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 46:999-1001 |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | A 75-year-old woman had an occasional finding of a left tonsil mass for dysphagia, which resulted a high-grade squamous carcinoma. Therefore, the patient was sent to have a left pharyngectomy. After the pharyngectomy, the patient reported persistent swallowing disorders and nasal reflux. Consequently, she had an oropharyngoesophageal scintigraphy, demonstrating irregular oral and pharyngeal swallowing phases and confirming reflux episodes into the rhinopharynx and into the oropharynx. In line with these findings, the patient was send to rehabilitation; the abnormal functional mechanisms, previously identified by the scintigraphy, allowed to guide the speech therapy, with a progressive clinical improvement. |
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