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Preferred term

Velopharyngeal Insufficiency  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.

Entry terms

  • Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
  • Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
  • Velopharyngeal Incompetence

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WCNH25J9-3

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