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1/10. Oral glycopyrrolate alleviates drooling in a patient with tongue cancer.

    Although sialorrhea and drooling are uncommon symptoms in cancer patients, they can cause considerable discomfort, inconvenience and social embarrassment. In this article we describe a patient with tongue cancer who was successfully treated with oral glycopyrrolate 0.4 mg 3 times daily. glycopyrrolate is a quaternary ammonium compound. In contrast to the recommended treatment with scopolamine, glycopyrrolate is virtually without side effects to the central nervous system because it penetrates the blood-brain barrier poorly. glycopyrrolate has a slow and erratic absorption from the gastrointestinal system, but even low plasma levels are associated with a distinct and long-lasting antisialogic effect.
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2/10. Surgical treatment of seizures from the peri-Sylvian area by perinatal insult: a case report of ictal hypersalivation.

    OBJECTIVES AND IMPORTANCE: It is important to evaluate the seizure manifestation of epilepsy before surgical planning. A patient with partial epilepsy manifesting hypersalivation who underwent resection of the epileptogenic foci with satisfactory postoperative seizure control is reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 26-year-old man, with a history of perinatal asphyxia, started having medically intractable partial epilepsy at the age of 10 years. His seizure was characterized by throat discomfort followed by hypersalivation. Brain MRI showed an atrophic lesion around the peri-Sylvian area. scalp recorded EEG did not demonstrate robust epileptiform activity localized enough to define the epileptogenic zone. The patient underwent invasive recording by multiple subdural electrode grids, which showed that the seizure arose from the left anterior frontal operculum. After resection of epileptogenic opercular cortex, the seizures disappeared with no additional neurological deficits. CONCLUSION: Although the responsible sites for ictal drooling are distributed in multiple areas including insula, medial temporal area and operculum, the seizure can be successfully controlled by focus resection of the frontal opercular area in a selected patient with careful presurgical evaluation.
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3/10. Treating sialorrhea with transdermal scopolamine. Exploiting a side effect to treat an uncommon symptom in cancer patients.

    INTRODUCTION: sialorrhea is a distressing symptom accompanying oral cancer and many heterogeneous cancer-related conditions (chemotherapy-induced nausea, bowel subocclusion, pharmacologic side effects), but its incidence is low in cancer patients. Conversely, it is frequent in patients with neurological damage, and some therapeutic options have been attempted such as botulinum toxins, anticholinergic agents, and surgical procedures. CASE REPORT: We report the case of an 80-year-old woman with peritoneal carcinomatosis and bowel subocclusion, suffering from distressing nausea and sialorrhea that rapidly improved using transdermal scopolamine. No relevant side effects occurred during the treatment, and the reduction of the abnormal salivation allowed the recovery of oral feeding. CONCLUSIONS: Anticholinergic drugs are classified as secondary options in the treatment of sialorrhea of patients with Parkinson's disease or cerebral palsy, owing to the relevant side effects occurring during prolonged treatments. However, they could be useful in cancer patients with bowel subocclusion, as the reduction of gastrointestinal secretions and intestinal motility (frequent side effects of anticholinergic drugs) could be effective in controlling nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Moreover, the transdermal or sublingual route of administration can be of some interest, avoiding other more invasive parenteral approaches.
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4/10. Sudden drooling and supine gagging: an important emergency?

    We describe a case of an eupnoeic patient complaining of a foreign body sensation in his mouth and throat, with sudden drooling and supine gagging. This condition was caused by an isolated uvular angioedema (Quincke's oedema). As this uvular hydrops did not decrease with initial standard therapy for angioedema, epinephrin was applied directly on the swollen uvula, causing it to shrink very rapidly. Isolated uvular oedema is a potentially life-threatening condition with risk of sudden upper airway obstruction, and should therefore be recognized and treated as soon as possible. As described in this case, its initial presentation can consist of gagging and drooling without dyspnoea, thus causing a real challenge for triage and diagnosis.
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5/10. Decreasing drooling with oral motor stimulation in children with multiple disabilities.

    Many persons with severe and profound disabilities exhibit chronic and excessive drooling, which can have unfavorable effects on their socialization and health. Few treatments to reduce this behavior, however, have been evaluated systematically. In the present investigation, oral motor stimulation was used with 2 children who attended a residential educational facility for students who are blind and who have multiple disabilities. The treatment involved the brushing of the hard palate, the upper and lower gums, the tongue, and the inside of both cheeks at 1-hr intervals during the school day. The efficacy of this approach was demonstrated with a withdrawal experimental design. Because this treatment did not eliminate drooling, vibration was applied to the chin and neck, first in conjunction with the oral motor stimulation and then contingent on the subject's having a dry face. vibration did not have additional therapeutic effects. The results of this study are discussed in relation to the existing literature on modification of drooling and the difficulty of effecting change in the behavior of persons with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities.
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6/10. Elevated amylase levels as a result of self-induced hypersalivation.

    A patient with recurrent vomiting, abdominal pain, and elevated serum amylase activity may have pancreatitis. Although elevated serum amylase levels are a sensitive indicator for acute pancreatitis, this test is not highly specific for pancreatic disease. A patient is described who illustrates the need for specific laboratory, historical, and occasional psychological evaluation in pediatric patients with elevated amylase values.
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7/10. Decreasing drooling through techniques to facilitate mouth closure.

    A single case ABA experimental design is presented in which techniques to facilitate mouth closure were hypothesized to decrease drooling. The subject was an 11-year-old male with mental retardation and cerebral palsy. Baseline 1 consisted of 10 half-hour sessions of play, followed by 1-hour periods during which the amount of saliva collected on an absorbent bib was measured and recorded. The subsequent treatment phase of 4 weeks was identical to the baseline except that a half-hour period of intervention was substituted for the half-hour of play. Intervention involved providing jaw control with intermittent tapping and jiggling, stroking the upper gum, and giving juice with jaw control. Baseline 2 consisted of 10 sessions identical to baseline 1. Results indicate that the amount of saliva leaving the mouth was a function of the presence or absence of intervention.
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8/10. Caustic and thermal epiglottitis in the adult.

    The presence of dysphagia, drooling, and stridor in an adult subsequent to thermal or caustic injury should alert the treating physician to the possibility of injury to the supraglottic structures with resultant epiglottitis. These adults possess many of the features seen in acute infectious epiglottitis and should be handled with the same consideration for potential upper airway obstruction. Epiglottic injuries of this type should be suspected in adults with mental disorders or communication difficulties.
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9/10. Dyslipidaemia in a boy with recurrent abdominal pain, hypersalivation and decreased lipoprotein lipase activity.

    An 8-year-old boy with frequently recurring pancreatitis-like abdominal pain, Fredrickson type V dyslipidaemia, and significantly decreased post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity is described. In order to exclude familial LPL deficiency, the complete LPL coding gene sequence was analysed revealing compound heterozygosity for two mutations (Asp9Asn, Ser447Ter) which are not supposed to considerably impair lipolytic enzyme activity. However, until now the combination of both these mutations in one patient has not been observed. In addition to the common symptoms of LPL deficiency, a striking feature of unknown origin was hypersalivation. Treatment including a fat-restricted diet, omega-3 fatty acids, and nicotinic acid led to long symptoms-free intervals. Symptoms recurred however when the diet was not strictly adhered to. CONCLUSION: LPL deficiency is a rare cause of abdominal pain in childhood and deserves careful treatment in order to avoid pancreatitis. The presented patients is a unique compound heterozygote for two mutations which do not abolish lipolytic activity in the homozygote state. Identification of other individuals with this genotype is necessary to understand the phenotype in our patient.
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10/10. Transient and intermittent oral dyskinesia appearing in a young woman ten days after neuroleptic treatment.

    A 22-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because she showed psychomotor excitement and signs of schizophrenia following psychological stress. Nine days after neuroleptic medication, she could not eat and exhibited high fever, diaphoresis, excessive salivation, and severe extrapyramidal signs with cogwheel rigidity and resting tremor of the upper extremities. The next day, bucco-linguomasticatory dyskinesia, which is quite similar to tardive dyskinesia, appeared. The dyskinesia lasted intermittently for 6 days. The present case shows that buccolingual dyskinesia can occur even after early neuroleptic exposure in certain patients.
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