[A rare case of psychogenic dysarthrophonia or a complex dyskinesia of the pharynx?].
We present the symptomatology of a complex articulation-related dyskinesia of the pharynx with intermittent functional velopharyngeal insufficiency. It became permanent gradually after a writer's cramp had remitted without therapy. No final nosologic assignment can be made on the basis of the described observations in the individual case. The development of the disease in the 56-year old male patient ended in occupational disability. It suggests manifestation of psychopathological events in the patient's life history of threshold situations by premorbid psychic vulnerability. The possibility of the etiopathologic interaction of emotional and neurological factors cannot be excluded. However, therapy with local botulinum toxin injections proved to be just as unsuccessful as logopedic treatment.
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Abteilung Phoniatrie/Pädaudiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
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D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
D001905:Botulinum Toxins