Five-year history of dysphagia as a sole initial symptom in inclusion body myositis

J Neurol Sci. 2017 Oct 15:381:325-327. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.014. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: naoki@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Neurology, Iwate National Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 28991709
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.014

No abstract available

Keywords: Dysphagia; Sporadic inclusion body myositis; Upper esophageal sphincter (UES) muscle; Video-fluoroscopic examination of swallowing.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis*
Deglutition Disorders / etiology*
Deglutition Disorders / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Myositis, Inclusion Body / complications*
Myositis, Inclusion Body / diagnosis*
Myositis, Inclusion Body / pathology