Acute cricopharyngeal obstruction in dermatomyositis.
We report a case of a 44-year-old woman with dermatomyositis complicated by acute total cricopharyngeal obstruction resistant to corticosteroid therapy. This condition was successfully resolved by cricopharyngeal myotomy.
Research Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
J
J
Vencovský
F
F
Rehák
P
P
Pafko
A
A
Jirásek
M
M
Valesová
S
S
Alusík
K
K
Trnavský
D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007821:Laryngeal Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography