Diagnosaurus
Dysarthria
Etiology
- Painful oral ulcers, eg, herpes simplex, aphthous ulcers
- Cerebral stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Brainstem or cerebellar infarct, mass, or hemorrhage
- Multiple sclerosis
- Pseudobulbar palsy
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Poliomyelitis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis
- Botulism
- Parkinsonism
- Huntington’s disease
- Wilson’s disease
- Trauma to cranial nerve V or XII
- Diphtheria
- Macroglossia, eg, amyloidosis, hypothyroidism
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Dysarthria." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114858/all/Dysarthria.
Zeiger RFR. Dysarthria. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114858/all/Dysarthria. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Dysarthria. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114858/all/Dysarthria
Zeiger RFR. Dysarthria [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114858/all/Dysarthria.
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