The presence of dysphagia in patients with cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy and vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS): a subjective and objective study.
Rodrigo CasanuevaFernando LópezMaria CostalesAlicia OrdasEva VillanuevaJose L LlorenteCesar Alvarez MarcosPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)
CANVAS remains an underestimated and underdiagnosed condition and the prevalence of swallowing disorders in those patients is higher than expected. Despite the possibility that EAT-10 works as a useful screening test to predict the results in the QoL questionnaires, the absence of correlation between QoL test and instrumental results suggests that to properly evaluate the patients swallowing status, objective instrumental procedures must be conducted.