論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年8月

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Aspiration Pneumonia Following Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report.

Dysphagia
  • Yoichiro Aoyagi
  • ,
  • Miho Ohashi
  • ,
  • Reisuke Funahashi
  • ,
  • Yohei Otaka
  • ,
  • Eiichi Saitoh

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開始ページ
545
終了ページ
548
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1007/s00455-020-10140-z

Cranial nerve involvement is a finding often observed in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 during the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To our knowledge, this is the first report of oropharyngeal dysphagia associated with COVID-19. A 70-year-old male developed dysphagia and consequent aspiration pneumonia during recovery from severe COVID-19. He had altered sense of taste and absent gag reflex. Videoendoscopy, videofluorography, and high-resolution manometry revealed impaired pharyngolaryngeal sensation, silent aspiration, and mesopharyngeal contractile dysfunction. These findings suggested that glossopharyngeal and vagal neuropathy might have elicited dysphagia following COVID-19. The current case emphasizes the importance of presuming neurologic involvement and concurrent dysphagia, and that subsequent aspiration pneumonia might be overlooked in severe respiratory infection during COVID-19.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-020-10140-z
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32533346
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7290133
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s00455-020-10140-z
  • PubMed ID : 32533346
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7290133

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