Prolonged refractory dysphagia in polymyositis

Herein, we report a patient with polymyositis (biopsy proved) with dysphagia that did not improve with conventional treatment. An upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy showed esophageal stricture and a biopsy taken from the site revealed evidence of squamous cell carcinoma.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Mathew, Mohan Muvvala, G R K Sarma, Raghunandan Nadig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
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Online Access:http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2015;volume=2;issue=2;spage=148;epage=149;aulast=Mathew