Dejaeger E, Goethals P
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Mar;90(3):493-5.
We present the case of a 62-yr-old patient who developed severe swallowing problems 5 yr after radiotherapy for a pharyngeal carcinoma. Although peripheral and cranial nerves are thought to be relatively radioresistant, cranial nerve damage can occur many years after radiotherapy. This may result in severe deglutition disorders and lead to a complete inability to eat normally. The aim is to demonstrate how these late sequelae can cause impairment of different structures involved in the swallowing process.
我们报告了一例62岁患者的病例，该患者在鼻咽癌放疗5年后出现严重吞咽问题。尽管外周神经和颅神经被认为对放疗相对耐受，但颅神经损伤可在放疗多年后发生。这可能导致严重的吞咽障碍，并导致完全无法正常进食。目的是展示这些晚期后遗症如何导致吞咽过程中涉及的不同结构受损。
