Prolonged refractory dysphagia in polymyositis

• Autores principales: Thomas Mathew (Autor), Mohan Muvvala (Autor), G R K Sarma (Autor), Raghunandan Nadig (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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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.