AN INTERESTING CASE OF DYSPHAGIA

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  • DR.C.RAMAKRISHNAN PROFESSOR OF MEDICINEDEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,7WORKS ROAD, CHROMPET. CHENNAI-600044.
  • DR.E.DHANDAPANI PROFESSOR OF MEDICINEDEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,7WORKS ROAD, CHROMPET. CHENNAI-600044.
  • DR.A.RADHA KRISHNAN PROFESSOR OF MEDICINEDEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,7WORKS ROAD, CHROMPET. CHENNAI-600044.
  • DR.S.ARUN POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL,7WORKS ROAD, CHROMPET. CHENNAI-600044.

Keywords:

apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria.

Abstract

Hughling Jackson1 was the first to describe buccofacial apraxia (oral apraxia) as a case of non-protrusion of the tongue. These patients have difficulty with skilled movements of the face, lips, cheeks, tongue, pharynx and larynx. This refers to the condition in which the patient cannot perform learned skilled movements of the lips, mouth, tongue, throat in the absence of motor paralysis of concerned muscles. It is usually associated with Brocas aphasia. Our patient is an elderly female with bucco-facial apraxia with dysarthria.

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30.06.2015

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DR.C.RAMAKRISHNAN, DR.E.DHANDAPANI, DR.A.RADHA KRISHNAN, & DR.S.ARUN. (2015). AN INTERESTING CASE OF DYSPHAGIA. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(2), 566–570. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4262

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Volume 6, Issue 2, 2015

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Case Reports

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