Chilukuri Prianka, Odufalu Florence, Hachem Christine
Prianka Chilukuri, MD, is Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Florence-Damilola Odufalu, MD, is Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Mo Med. 2018 May-Jun;115(3):206-210.
A complaint of dysphagia suggests difficulty in swallowing and is characterized based on the symptoms and location of pathology. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is typically due to difficulty initiating a swallow and is generally due to structural, anatomic or neuromuscular abnormalities. Esophageal dysphagia arises after the swallow and causes include intrinsic structural pathology, extrinsic compression, or disruption in normal motility. Etiologies, methods of evaluation, and management options of dysphagia are reviewed here.
吞咽困难的主诉提示吞咽存在困难，并根据症状和病理位置进行特征描述。口咽性吞咽困难通常是由于启动吞咽困难，一般由结构、解剖或神经肌肉异常引起。食管性吞咽困难发生在吞咽之后，其病因包括内在结构病变、外在压迫或正常蠕动功能紊乱。本文将对吞咽困难的病因、评估方法及治疗选择进行综述。
