Open AccessEpiglottic Cyst With Slurred Speech Misdiagnosed as Acute Cerebral Infarction
Author(s) -
Xiaoyi Hou,
Nanqu Huang,
Xin Zhang,
Xudong Li,
Yunbo Luo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the neurologist/the neurologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2331-2637
pISSN - 1074-7931
DOI - 10.1097/nrl.0000000000000429
Subject(s) - medicine , epiglottis , cerebral infarction , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cyst , surgery , larynx , cardiology , ischemia
Epiglottic cysts are cysts that occur under the mucosa of the epiglottis. Patients with severe cysts may have difficulty in breathing. Slurred speech usually occurs in cerebrovascular diseases, especially with slurred speech as the starting symptom.