A case of inclusion body myositis with systemic sclerosis
โ Scribed by M. Kusaoi; T. Fukazawa; M. Hirashima; Y. Morita; C. Yamaji; S. Takai; Y. Takasaki; H. Hashimoto
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-7595
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A patient with inclusion body myositis (IBM) is presented. Unusual aspects of this case include a myopathy of 36 years duration, severe dysphagia due to cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction, improvement with cricopharyngeus myotomy, and a diagnostic cricopharyngeus muscle biopsy.
A 10-year retrospective review was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of inclusion body myositis (IBM) in Western Australia. Seventeen patients with sporadic IBM aged 45-90 years were identified and the prevalence of IBM was calculated to be 9.3 ร 10 -6 . The prevalence was higher in men (10.9 ร