Differential Diagnosis of Dysphagia in Children

Bilateral Glossopharyngeal Nerve Paralysis after Tonsillectomy: Case Report and Anatomic Study

“…Statements in the medical literature indicate that injury to the glossopharyngeal nerve can occur as a complication of tonsillectomy 1,2 . Bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve paralysis is an extremely rare complication, the diagnosis of which, to our knowledge, has been suggested in only one case report 1 .…”

“…Some authors 1–5 have proposed that injury to the glossopharyngeal nerve—whether by secondary cautery transmission, by nerve stretching, or by direct surgical trauma—is a rare cause of postoperative dysphagia. Garnett et al 1 reported postoperative dysfunctional swallowing in a child and concluded from the severity of symptoms and from the results of fluoroscopic studies that both glossopharyngeal nerves had been injured.…”

Postcricoid Hemangioma: An Overlooked Cause of Dysphagia in Infants??A Case Report

“…The differential diagnosis of dysphagia in children is widespread. Hemangioma of the upper aerodigestive tract represents one of the benign causes of dysphagia [1].…”