Table 3 - Etiologies of dysfunction of peripheral nerves
From the following article
Oral, pharyngeal and upper esophageal sphincter motility disorders
Benson T. Massey and Reza Shaker
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo19
| Infectious/inflammatory/immune | Multiple sclerosis |
| Poliomyelitis/postpolio syndrome | |
| Guillain-Barré syndrome | |
| Herpes zoster | |
| Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy | |
| Botulism | |
| Tetanus | |
| Syphilis | |
| Trauma | |
| Neoplastic | Schwannoma |
| Neurofibromatosis | |
| Local spread of contiguous cancers | |
| Eaton-Lambert syndrome | |
| Other destructive/degenerative | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| Iatrogenic | Neck surgery |
| Radiation | |
| Botulinum toxin injection |
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