Bulbar palsy - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Bulbar palsy
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Synonyms
Medullary palsy
Medulla lesion
Rhombencephalic lesion
Causes
Motor neurone disease
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Vertebrobasilar infarct
Friedrich ataxia
Arnold-Chiari malformation
Syringobulbia
Poliovirus
Neurosyphilis
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
Behcet disease
Kennedy disease
Effects
Aspiration pneumonia
Dysphagia
Oscillopsia
Nystagmus
Cerebellar ataxia
Aspiration of gastric contents
Drooling
Nasal speech
Dysarthria
Wasting of tongue
Tongue fasciculation
Absent gag reflex
Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy
Central hypoventilation
Parents
Cranial nerve palsy
Description
"Lower motor neurone lesion of X-XII"
Type item name:
Sanjay Manohar
2006