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Dysphagia in AIDS

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Since the onset of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, we have noted an entirely new group of patients with swallowing difficulties. Dysphagia is noted frequently both as an early and a late complaint among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. These patients are frequently infected with opportunistic organisms and/or have opportunistic tumors, any of which can involve the oral cavity/hypopharynx and/or esophagus. Because of the location, infection and early tumor in this area may cause symptomatology that would otherwise not be notable in more distal sites of the gastrointestinal tract. Furthermore, some AIDS-related infections and/or tumors of the gastrointestional tract may be treated, with subsequent palliation of the patient’s discomfort.

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  1. Susan D. Wall
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bronwyn Jones F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.R. (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) & Martin W. Donner M.D. (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder) (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) &  (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder)

  2. The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bronwyn Jones F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.R. (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director)

  3. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Martin W. Donner M.D. (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder) (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder)

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Wall, S.D. (1991). Dysphagia in AIDS. In: Jones, B., Donner, M.W. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Swallowing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4150-6_13

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