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(A) MRI T1-weighted sagittal image (2014) of the
patient's cervical spine showing C2-C7 syndesmophytes. (B) MRI
T2-weighted sagittal image (2020) of the patient's cervical spine. (C)
MRI T1-weighted axial image (2014) of the cervical spine at the C2-C3
level showing C2-C3 syndesmophytes compressing the hypopharynx (arrow).
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.
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These syndesmophytes were only slightly increased in size, with no notable difference in the nearby structure compression, compared with that previously observed in 2014 (Figure 1).
Images taken during the
videofluoroscopic swallowing study performed 4 months after spinal cord
injury onset. (A) A large amount of residue is visible in the vallecular
space and pyriform sinus after swallowing. (B) An epiglottic closing
problem due to syndesmophytes at the C2-C3 level (arrow) can be seen.
(C) Penetration during swallowing (arrow).
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Penetration and aspiration were observed for all diets and during water intake, and an epiglottic closing problem due to syndesmophytes at the C2-C3 and C3-C4 levels was observed intermittently (Figure 2; Table 1).