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Dynamics of swallowing in tetanus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hiroshi Watanabe ,
Kazumi Makishima ,
Toshio Arima  and
Shoshu Mitsuyama
Hiroshi Watanabe*
Affiliation:
Saga, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, Japan
Kazumi Makishima
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Saga Medical School, Saga 840-01, Japan.
Toshio Arima
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
Shoshu Mitsuyama
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Kitakyushu City Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
*
Hiroshi Watanabe, Department of Otolaryngology, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima-cho 3 bonsugi, Saga, Japan 840-01.
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Abstract

An 82-year-old man developed an uncommon type of swallowing disturbance with tetanus. Initially, he could masticate his food but could not pass it into the esophagus. The mechanism of swallowing in this patient was studied radiologically and endoscopically. The disturbance in the second stage of deglutition was associated predominantly with his advanced age and the slow clinical progress of the tetanus. The patient was cured by treating the disease.

Type
Clinical records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 9 , September 1984 , pp. 953 - 956
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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