[Dysphagia in oral medicine]. / Disfagia in medicina orale.
Recenti Prog Med
; 97(1): 46-54, 2006 Jan.
Article
in It
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16535930
ABSTRACT
Dysphagia, defined as a difficulty in swallowing of fluids and/or food, is one of the most frequent symptoms of oesophageal, gastrointestinal or ENT diseases. Interestingly, dysphagia can be also the initial or late symptom of several oral diseases e.g. traumatic ulcerations, immunomediated or infectious lesions, malignant neoplastic disease or mucositis in chemio-radiotherapy. The presence of this frequent symptom, with or without oral evident lesions, can suggest the presence of oral or perioral diseases, promoving adequate diagnostic-therapeutic management. In this paper, authors describe aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical aspects of oral diseases, as being more frequently associated with dysphagia; moreover, they describe the most important clinical and epidemiological features of systemic diseases associated with dysphagia.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Deglutition Disorders
/
Mouth Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Child
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
It
Year:
2006
Type:
Article