Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
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.
Year introduced: 1978
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Tree Number(s): C07.465.525.955, C07.550.966, C07.650.525.955, C09.775.955, C16.131.850.525.955
MeSH Unique ID: D014681
Entry Terms:
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
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