Swallowing dysfunction in the postpolio syndrome: a cinefluorographic study.
Jones B, Buchholz D, Ravich W, Donner M. Swallowing dysfunction in the postpolio syndrome: a cinefluorographic study. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1992, 158: 283-6. PMID: 1729782, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.158.2.1729782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural lesionsConstrictor musclePoor laryngeal elevationPrevertebral soft tissueSeverity of decompensationPharyngeal constrictor muscleInferior constrictor muscleCricopharyngeal levelFocal strictureBilateral weaknessProgressive dysphagiaLaryngeal penetrationPostpolio syndromeCricopharyngeus muscleDistal esophagusLaryngeal elevationPostpolio patientsLaryngeal closureLuminal narrowingCervical esophagusZenker's diverticulumRadiographic abnormalitiesRemote historyEpiglottic tiltSoft palate