6/30/23, 11:04 PM Dysphagia Pathway Feedback Search Clinical Topics Home Findings Dysphagia Dysphagia More common causes Gastroesophageal reflux disease Zenker's diverticulum Parkinson's disease Acute ischemic stroke Peritonsillar abscess Goitre Esophageal atresia Carotid body tumor Vagus nerve palsy Oral submucous fibrosis Oropharyngeal cancer Less common causes Gastric volvulus Esophageal stricture Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Mediastinitis Myasthenia gravis Myotonic dystrophy Esophageal cancer https://web.pathway.md/findings/recmfeJmYCXujDdf2 1/3 6/30/23, 11:04 PM Dysphagia Pathway Left atrial enlargement Barrett's esophagus Retropharyngeal abscess Candida esophagitis Acute epiglottitis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Globus pharyngis Bulbar palsy Achalasia Chagas disease Laryngeal carcinoma Systemic sclerosis Vestibular schwannoma Riedel's thyroiditis Esophageal foreign body Gaucher's disease Diffuse esophageal spasm Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Central pontine myelinosis Inclusion body myositis Polymyositis Pharyngeal pouch Esophageal cyst Diphtheria Vascular ring with right aortic arch Botulism Uncommon causes https://web.pathway.md/findings/recmfeJmYCXujDdf2 2/3 6/30/23, 11:04 PM Dysphagia Pathway Eosinophilic gastroenteritis Eagle's syndrome Cricopharyngeal spasm Esophageal web Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis Esophageal pouch Acute pharyngitis https://web.pathway.md/findings/recmfeJmYCXujDdf2 3/3