title: Transfer dysphagia in a patient with the rare combination of scleroderma and ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: Esophageal involvement in scleroderma is generally confined to the body, manifested manometrically as impaired motility and decreased lower esophageal sphincter tone. Pharyngeal dysfunction has not been recognized. This is a report of a patient with the rare combination of scleroderma and ankylosing spondylitis, whose presenting complaint was transfer dysphagia due to impaired relaxation of the upper esophageal spincter as a result of tight overlying cervical skin, or sclerodermatous involvement of the sphincter itself.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Witt
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Thomas
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*