Speech, hearing and swallowing in Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome clinical report

Background: Richieri-Costa and Pereira (1992) described a autosomal recessive condition involving acrofacial dysostosis, often associated with Robin sequence. Phenotypic findings include facial, skeletal, genetic, laryngeal and auditory anomalies, with no specific reports regarding hearing, speech or swallowing. Purpose: To describe speech, hearing and swallowing in a patient with Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome (RCPS). Clinical report: 8-year-old boy with cleft palate and mandible, supported by the institution since 2 months, requiring tracheotomy and gastrostomy. Palatoplasty was performed at 2 years. At age 4, mandibular osteogenic distraction was performed and tracheotomy removed. Epiglottis agenesis was confirmed at 6 years. Gastrostomy was removed when he was 7 years old and is currently with exclusive oral intake. Speech was assessed since age 2, with articulatory mistakes due to anatomical limitations and later dysphonia was also observed. He underwent some periods of speech therapy and in the last assessment no impairment of speech intelligibility was observed, despite the presence of nasal rustle in some phonemes. The first hearing evaluation (tonal audiometry and immitance measures) was performed when the patient was 5 years old, and repeated one year later with similar results: mild conductive hearing loss in the left ear. Two years later, hearing evaluation revealed normal hearing with a type A tympanometric curve bilaterally. Conclusion: Speech and hearing follow-ups showed initial impairment in speech intelligibility and hearing sensitivity, which improved with speech therapy, surgical reconstructive procedures and structural growing. Swallowing was impaired due to larynx malformations, but a compensatory mechanism was developed for airway protection

Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome: swallowing analysis

Objetivo: Investigar a deglutição em indivíduos com a Síndrome Richieri Costa-Pereira (SRCP), com o propósito de verificar a presença sintomas de disfagia por parte dos cuidadores e paciente, bem como sinais de disfagia. Casuística e Método: Estudo retrospectivo e prospectivo, no qual foram avaliados 19 indivíduos com a SRCP, entre 26 dias e 30 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos. Foram levantados sintomas de disfagia por meio de entrevista, bem como análise de prontuários, seguida de avaliação clínica e instrumental da deglutição (videoendoscopia da deglutição - VED) para investigar os sinais de disfagia. A deglutição foi classificada de acordo com a Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS e a Escala de Comprometimento Funcional da Deglutição - ECFD. Resultados: Todos os indivíduos maiores de 4 anos (n=12) se alimentavam por via oral exclusiva (VO), sem restrições (FOIS nível 7), assim realizaram única avaliação, apesar de constatada a presença de sinais de comprometimento da deglutição em 8 casos na ECFD. Os indivíduos menores de 3 meses de idade (n=7), com alimentação exclusiva por sonda alimentadora na primeira avaliação (FOIS nível 1), foram acompanhados por apresentarem sintomas e sinais de disfagia detectados nas avaliações clínica e instrumental. Ao longo do estudo, foi verificado o desenvolvimento de mecanismo de proteção das vias aéreas com melhora da deglutição, sendo que 4 casos passaram a se alimentar exclusivamente por VO na última avaliação. Conclusão: Sintomas de disfagia, principalmente na população infantil, estão presentes, assim como sinais de disfagia, em diferentes graus, durante toda a evolução do tratamento, mesmo na ausência de sintomas; os indivíduos com a SRCP desenvolveram mecanismo de proteção das vias aéreas realizando a deglutição de maneira adaptada e estabelecendo assim condições para a alimentação por via oral exclusiva.Objective: To investigate swallowing in individuals with Richieri Costa-Pereira syndrome (RCPS), in order to verify the presence of dysphagia symptoms by caregivers and patients, as well as dysphagia signs. Methods: A retrospective and prospective study in which 19 subjects with RCPS, aged 26 days - 30 years, both genders, were evaluated. Data from dysphagia symptoms were collected through interviews and records analysis, followed by clinical and instrumental swallowing evaluation (Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing FEES) to investigate dysphagia signs. Swallowing was classified according to the Functional Oral Intake Scale - FOIS and Swallowing Functional Impairment Scale - SFIS. Results: A single assessment was performed in all subjects older than 4 years (n=12). They were exclusively oral fed without restrictions (FOIS level 7) although impaired swallowing signs were observed in 8 cases on the ECFD. Individuals younger than 3 months (n=7), were exclusively tube fed in the first evaluation (FOIS level 1), and were followed up for presenting dysphagia symptoms and signs detected in clinical and instrumental evaluation. The development of airway protection mechanism with swallowing improvement was verified during the study, and 4 cases (n=7) were exclusively oral fed in the last assessment. Conclusion: Dysphagia symptoms are present especially in children as well as dysphagia signs, which may vary in degrees, even when no symptoms are reported throughout treatment evolution. Individuals with RCPS developed protective airways mechanism performing adapted swallowing and thereby establishing conditions for exclusively oral feeding

Laryngeal malformation in Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome: New findings

Laryngeal structural anomalies were described in 13 cases of Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome, and four previously reported cases were reviewed. The 17 individuals examined had the typical laryngeal anomalies and vocal disorders previously described. The new findings are the laryngeal microweb observed in three cases and arytenoid anteriorization movement observed in 14 cases. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Laryngeal malformation in Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome: New findings

Laryngeal structural anomalies were described in 13 cases of Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome, and four previously reported cases were reviewed. The 17 individuals examined had the typical laryngeal anomalies and vocal disorders previously described. The new findings are the laryngeal microweb observed in three cases and arytenoid anteriorization movement observed in 14 cases. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc