Puréed Foods: High Protein by Jamila R. Lepore, Wendy J. Dahl

“…Many older adults do not consume enough of this vital nutrient, crucial to overall health and well-being. For those with dysphagia and on a puréed diet, consuming sufficient protein is even more difficult. …”
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Alimentos en Pure: Prueba de Textura con la Prueba de Desplome by Wendy J. Dahl

“…For individuals with dysphagia, the texture of puréed foods is extremely important. …”
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Crohn’s Disease and the Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome by Alexandra Ilnyckyj, Thomas AM Aldor, Richard Warrington, Charles N Bernstein

“…Her course evolved to include severe ear pain, dysphagia and colonic dysmotility. She was diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome and treated with multiple agents. …”
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Laryngeal Inflammatory Pseudotumour Secondary to Mycobacterium kansasii by Saif Al-Zahid, Tanwen Wright, Philip Reece

“…We report a case of IPT of the larynx in an immunocompromised 81-year-old lady presenting with stridor and dysphagia with known disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii of the lungs. …”
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Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol by Shaadi Abughazaleh, Zeenat Safdar

“…A 35-year-old female with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who presented with complaints of progressively worsening dysphagia, facial swelling, and shortness of breath, was found to have a large goiter. …”
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Lingual hematoma, rare complication in a hemodialysis patient. A case presentation by Yuliel Varona Rodríguez

“…The presence of odynophagia and/or dysphagia in an anticoagulated patient should put the treating physician on alert; for this reason and because of the rarity of this situation, it was decided to publish the case.…”
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Recent Advances in the Recognition and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis by Gregory Eustace, Xianyong Gui, Marietta Iacucci

“…Patients present with dysphagia and food bolus obstruction. Both histological and endoscopic criteria have been developed and validated. …”
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Dermatomyositis Associated with Myelofibrosis following Polycythemia Vera by Naomi Fei, Sarah Sofka

“…We present the case of a 69-year-old male with a history of polycythemia vera (PV) who developed proximal muscle weakness, dysphagia, and rash. He was found to have elevated creatinine kinase and skin biopsy was consistent with DM. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on the Diagnostics and Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, A. S. Tertychny, S. S. Pirogov, A. A. Sheptulin, D. I. Abdulganieva, D. T. Dicheva, A. V. Zaborovsky, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, A. V. Paraskevova

“…The EoE diagnostics is based on the clinical manifestations of the disease (dysphagia, food impaction, chest pain regardless of swallowing), as well as on the combination of endoscopic and histological signs. …”
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Ectopic Thyroid Mass Separately Present in Mediastinum and Not a Retrosternal Extension: A Report of Two Cases by Abdul Ahad Sohail, Syed Shahabuddin, Moghira Iqbaluddin Siddiqui

“…These types of goiters classically present with compressive symptoms such as dyspnea, dysphonia, dysphagia, or sleep apnea. Surgical treatment with a total thyroidectomy and complete removal of the intrathoracic portion of thyroid is the gold standard treatment. …”
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Sporadic inclusion body myositis in the rheumatology clinic by Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Gustavo Luiz Behrens Pinto, Jean Marcos de Souza, Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Leonardo Santos Hoff, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

“…The main irreversible complications of sIBM are dysphagia and walking difficulties. The disease affects more men than women, and the symptom onset mainly occurs between 50 and 70 years of age. …”
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A Rare Case of an Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Teenage Syrian Boy by Baraa Daboul, Ahmad Ghazal, Ayham Al Halak, Sabah Hayed, Yasmin Najjar

“…He presented mainly with dysphagia, postprandial vomiting, and eventually hematemesis. …”
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Lingual Thyroid with Subclinical Hypothyroidism in a Young Female by Subash Thapa, Prakash Khanal

“…We report a case of a 27-year-old female who presented with a foreign body sensation in the throat with mild dysphagia for 3 weeks. The patient was diagnosed as lingual thyroid with subclinical hypothyroidism based on clinical findings, imaging, and fine-needle aspiration cytology. …”
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Laryngeal Chondrosarcoma as a Rare Cause of Subglottic Stenosis by Kerem Kökoğlu, Özlem Canöz, Serap Doğan, Emrah Gülmez, İmdat Yüce, Sedat Çağlı

“…Patients have laryngeal CS complaint of respiratuvar distress, dysphonia, and dysphagia generally. A submucous mass is usually seen in physical examination with an intact mucosa. …”
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Persistent Odynophagia 27 Days After Emergent Intubation by Richard White, Kaitlyn Mander, Christian A. Koziatek, Sanjay Mohan

“…Discussion: Dentures constitute a potential esophageal foreign body and warrant special consideration during airway management. Odynophagia, dysphagia, and changes in phonation should prompt consideration of retained esophageal foreign bodies, especially in the post-intubation setting.…”
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Giant Fibrolipoma of the Esophagus by Ryan L. Kau, Alpen B. Patel, Michael L. Hinni

“…Fibrolipomas are a subset of benign fibrovascular tumors, which present with dysphagia, odynophagia, and substernal fullness. These intraluminal tumors can become elongated and molded into a long pedunculated polyp by constant peristaltic movements. …”
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Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Hyoid Bone: A Case Report by Paul Emerson, Ajay Philip, George M. Varghese, Regi Thomas

“…A 62-year-old male presented with neck swelling of a 20-day duration along with change of voice and dysphagia. Examination revealed a cystic, osteolytic lesion of the hyoid bone which histopathologically demonstrated features of granulomatous infection. …”
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Giant leiomyoma of the esophagus. Presentation of a case by Tomas Ariel Lombardo Vaillant, Leopoldo de Quesada Suárez

“…The patient was admitted for dysphagia. Diagnostic tests included radiography of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, upper digestive endoscopy, computed tomography, and MRI. …”
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Conservative Management of an Iatrogenic Esophageal Tear in Kenya by Peter Waweru, David Mwaniki

“…We here present a case of an iatrogenic esophageal tear resulting from a routine esophagoscopy in a 50-year-old lady presenting with dysphagia. The esophageal tear, almost missed, was eventually successfully managed conservatively, thanks to a relatively early diagnosis.…”
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Cardiac Involvement by HIV-Associated DLBCL by Charles T. Mupamombe, Jude Noel, Derek B. Laskar, Liza Valdivia

“…We present a case of DLBCL in an HIV-positive patient, who had cardiac involvement, with the only clue to cardiac involvement being symptom being tachycardia and dysphagia.…”
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