Year: 1995 Vol. 61 Ed. 2 - (10º)
Relato de Casos
Pages: 154 to 158
Etiology of the Hypernasality Secondary to Palate Paralysis - Report of 6 Cases.
Author(s):
Regina Helena Garcia Martins*,
Marisa Portes Fioravanti**,
Mariāngela Cunha Ribeiro**,
Niura Aparecida de Moura Ribeiro Padula***.
Keywords: Soft palate, articulation disorders
Abstract:
The authors studied the main aspects of etiology of the palate paralysis in six children suffering form soft palate paralysis. They emphasized the importance of multidisciplinary approach in the management of patients with this disease. In the authors cases the most likely etiologies were. Neuropathy pos-viral epidemic parotitis, tumors localized in the posterior cerebral fossa and idiopathic. They concluded that is extremely important in these patients a detailed otorhinolaryngologic, neurolagic and fonoaudiologic examinations.
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