Department of Urology, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 150 Seongan-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05355, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2224-2291, Fax: +82-2-2225-2769, E-mail: yang1408@ hallym.or.kr Copyright © 2017 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution ...

Vol. 27, No. 2, 2015 239 Received January 10, 2014, Revised June 24, 2014, Accepted for publication June 24, 2014 Corresponding author: Chul Woo Kim, Department of Dermatology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 150 Seongan-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2224-2285, Fax: 82-2-474-7913, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access articl...

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Vagal mononeuropathy is very rare. Diabetes mellitus is one of the causes of this rare disease condition. Here we report a 44-year-old woman who presented with an idiopathic vagal mononeuropathy and was finally diagnosed with diabetic vagal mononeuropathy. She presented with isolated dysphagia without hoarseness or other symptoms related with vagal dysfunction. Except for diabetes mellitus, no ...