title: [A deglutition stutterer. Contribution on psychogenic inability to swallow].
abstract: Description of a patient of 63 years who developed since the age of 50 years cloni of the tongue and a contraction of the hypopharyngeal muscles in the moment of deglutition. This leads to an inanition and exsiccosis. The patient becomes dependent from infusions. The psychical exploration discovers pharyngeal spasmes in the youth which reappeared in the higher age in stress situation. The patient learned the introduction of a nasal tube for liquids. The association of physio- and psychotherapy leads to a harmonization of the personality but the autonomic troubles of deglutition did not disappear completely.
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy
vernacular_title: Ein Schluckstotterer. Ein Beitrag zur psychogenen Schluckunmöglichkeit.