TY - JOUR
T1 - Disordered swallowing due to a syrinx
T2 - Correction by shunting
AU - Bleck, Thomas P
AU - Shannon, Kathleen M.
PY - 1984/11
Y1 - 1984/11
N2 - Disturbed deglutition is common in diseases of the brainstem and lower cranial nerves, but little is known about the mechanisms involved. We studied a 49-year-old man with symptoms of syringomyelia and syringobulbia lasting 7 years. Esophageal motility studies showed inability to initiate swallowing, esophageal hypomotility, and absence of the lower esophageal sphincter. After decompression of the syrinx by shunting, these abnormalities were corrected, and the patient could once again eat without aspiration. Medullary dysfunction caused by the syrinx was probably responsible for the swallowing difficulties.
AB - Disturbed deglutition is common in diseases of the brainstem and lower cranial nerves, but little is known about the mechanisms involved. We studied a 49-year-old man with symptoms of syringomyelia and syringobulbia lasting 7 years. Esophageal motility studies showed inability to initiate swallowing, esophageal hypomotility, and absence of the lower esophageal sphincter. After decompression of the syrinx by shunting, these abnormalities were corrected, and the patient could once again eat without aspiration. Medullary dysfunction caused by the syrinx was probably responsible for the swallowing difficulties.
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U2 - 10.1212/wnl.34.11.1497
DO - 10.1212/wnl.34.11.1497
M3 - Article
C2 - 6493500
AN - SCOPUS:0021134594
VL - 34
SP - 1497
EP - 1498
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
SN - 0028-3878
IS - 11
ER -