title: [Osteochonroplastic tracheopathy associated with dermatomyositis: apropos of a case].
abstract: We report a case of a 35 year-old-man with dermatomyositis associated with tracheopathia osteoplastica. The swallowing perturbation secondary to myositis and airway involvement by tracheopathia induced fatal outcome. Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease and occurs exclusively in men over the age of 50. The association of two rarest disease is not a fortuitous event. The common pathogenic factor may be, in this case, the occupational exposure to silicon.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, immunologie clinique et gériatrie, CHU Jean-Minjoz, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Wazières
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fest
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dalphin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ranfaing
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capellier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dupond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012825:Silicon / Q000009:adverse effects; D012829:Silicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon
vernacular_title: Trachéopathie ostéochondroplastique associée à une dermatomyosite: à propos d'un cas.