Kiraç Ünal Zeynep, Umay Ebru, Gündoğdu İbrahim, Tombak Yasemin, Çakci Aytül
From the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Sep;96(9):e166-e169. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000679.
Although spinal cord injury (SCI) damages the spinal cord, physiological changes due to SCI can affect many organs and systems of the human body. While respiratory problems are common following cervical SCI, dysphagia is a relatively uncommon secondary complication that occurs after cervical SCI. We report a case of recurrent aspiration pneumonia due to Zenker diverticulum in 26-year-old tetraplegic patient with a chronic history of silent aspirations and dysphagia contributing to functional disability.
