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07.01.2021 | Clinical Conundrum

Dysphagia in a Cancer Patient

verfasst von: Jaimy Villavicencio Kim, Corey Saraceni, Haleh Vaziri

Erschienen in: Dysphagia | Ausgabe 1/2022

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Abstract

Hypercalcemia causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as anorexia, constipation, and pancreatitis but has not been commonly associated with dysphagia. In patients with cancer, dysphagia has been attributed to local tumor invasion or as a complication from surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. However, there are cases of dysphagia in setting of malignancy with rapid resolution of symptoms after treatment of hypercalcemia. Excess calcium reduces neuromuscular excitability and leads to hypotonicity of the muscle, which could be mechanism by which dysphagia occurs. There are not enough data about dysphagia in association with hypercalcemia from benign etiologies, which could be due to less pronounced hypercalcemia.
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Metadaten
Titel
Dysphagia in a Cancer Patient
verfasst von
Jaimy Villavicencio Kim
Corey Saraceni
Haleh Vaziri
Publikationsdatum
07.01.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Dysphagia / Ausgabe 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-020-10227-7

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