title: Inclusion body myositis with cricopharyngeus muscle involvement and severe dysphagia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Adesina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sofferman
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Pendlebury
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010614:Pharynx