an adult man with progressive dysarthria, dysphagia and disequilibrium.

An adult man with progressive dysarthria, dysphagia and disequilibrium

The patient was a 40 year old man, who referred to our clinic because of progressive dysarthria, dysphagia and disequilibrium for the previous 15 years. According to his medical history, he had bilateral cataract surgery when he was only 2 years old and mild mental retardation since early childhood. On neurologic examination, he had severe dysarthria (anarthria) and jaw opening dystonia with dr...

Dysphagia, dysarthria and falls in an elderly man.

Accepted 21 March 1996 A 78-year-old man was referred with a history of falls and nausea. He gave a four-week history of light-headedness made worse by standing. On two occasions, he had briefly lost consciousness and fallen to the ground without injury. A diagnosis of hypotension had been made by his general practitioner and nifedipine discontinued. On further questioning he described increasi...

An 82-year-old man with ataxia and dysarthria.

An 82-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a twoweek history of imbalance and gait disturbance resulting in a fall 10 days before presentation. There was no head injury. He previously walked without restriction, but on presentation he required a two-wheeled walker to maintain balance. He also reported a two-day history of dysarthria. Eleven weeks prior, he was diagnosed with ...

An elderly man with excruciating retrosternal pain and dysphagia.

Progression of dysarthria and dysphagia in postmortem-confirmed parkinsonian disorders.

BACKGROUND Dysarthria and dysphagia are known to occur in parkinsonian syndromes such as Parkinson disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Differences in the evolution of these symptoms have not been studied systematically in postmortem-confirmed cases. OBJECTIVE To study differenc...

An adult with right aortic arch and dysphagia.

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