Oropharyngeal dysphagia associated with Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia

Background: Dysphagia associated with neurological disease is an important clinical manifestation in the diagnosis of injury that justifies the compression of the brainstem and lower cranial nerves. Objective: To emphasize the study of dysphagia in a patient with Chiari I malformation associated with syringomyelia in the absence of primary gastroenterological symptoms. Clinical case: We describe the case of a 62 year-old woman with oropharyngeal dysphagia of six years of evolution, cervicobrachialgia, ptosis and facial diplexia. Conclusions: Magnetic resonance imaging is an essential element for establishing the etiologic diagnosis of neurogenic dysphagia.