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Dysphagia Causes Jotting
Dysphagia Causes Jotting
CAUSES OF DYSPHAGIA
NEUROMUSCULAR OBSTRUCTIVE
Tumours (including
oesophageal carcinoma);
Perforation
Diverticular dx – Zenker
diverticulum
Barret’s oesophagus
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Oropharyngeal dysphagia
Oesophageal dysphagia
- @ oesophageal level
- @ involuntary phase of swallowing
Neuro-muscular dysphagia
- There is paralysis or weakness of the oropharyngeal or oesophageal muscles leading to Esophageal Motility Disorder
(EMD)
- Commonest cause of oropharyngeal dysphagia
Obstructive dysphagia
- Dysphagia due to Obstruction of the oesophagus by luminal, intramural and extramural lesions