Bulbar syndrome


Bulbar syndrome is a disease of a bilateral lesion IX-XII. cranial nerves or their nuclei.

Signs

  • dysarthria,
  • dysphagia,
  • soft palate drop (curtain sign)
  • reduced or extinguished gag reflex,
  • atrophy of the tongue,
  • language fasciculation.

During progression, the masticatory and mimic muscles innervated from V. and VII, respectively, may be affected. cranial nerve. In addition, there may be respiratory and cardiac disorders in the spinal cord or spinal nerve centers.

Causes

  • brainstem lesions (inflammation, tumors, stroke),
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome.

References

  • AMBLER, Zdeněk. Základy neurologie. 6. edition. Praha : Galén, 2006. pp. 61. ISBN 80-7262-433-4.