title: [Echography of the oral phase of deglutition].
abstract: Neither cineradiography nor videorecording are satisfactory techniques for the dynamic study of the oral phase of deglutition. Therefore, oral swallowing was studied by means of real-time sonography (US) in 20 asymptomatic patients. Both anatomy and motility of the muscles of the mouth and tongue were clearly demonstrated. Real-time US proved thus to allow an accurate and dynamic visualization of the oral phase of deglutition.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Radiologia, Ospedale Nuovo Regina Margherita, Roma.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cerro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Diotallevi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fanucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Metastasio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fanucci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003679:Deglutition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth; D010156:Palatal Muscles; D010159:Palate; D010160:Palate, Soft; D014059:Tongue; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'ecografia nello studio della fase orale della deglutizione.