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Inclusion body myositis with cricopharyngeus muscle involvement and severe dysphagia
Author(s) -
Verma A.,
Bradley Walter,
Adesina A. M.,
Sofferman R.,
Pendlebury W. W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880140514
Subject(s) - inclusion body myositis , dysphagia , muscle biopsy , medicine , pharyngeal muscles , myositis , myotomy , myopathy , biopsy , surgery , esophagus , anatomy , swallowing , pathology , achalasia
A patient with inclusion body myositis (IBM) is presented. Unusual aspects of this case include a myopathy of 36 years duration, severe dysphagia due to cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction, improvement with cricopharyngeus myotomy, and a diagnostic cricopharyngeus muscle biopsy.
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