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[Osteochonroplastic tracheopathy associated with dermatomyositis: apropos of a case].
- Source :
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La Revue de medecine interne [Rev Med Interne] 1994 Feb; Vol. 15 (2), pp. 121-3. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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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.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Age Factors
Airway Obstruction etiology
Bronchial Diseases pathology
Dermatomyositis pathology
Humans
Male
Ossification, Heterotopic pathology
Sex Factors
Silicon adverse effects
Silicosis complications
Silicosis etiology
Silicosis pathology
Tracheal Diseases pathology
Bronchial Diseases complications
Dermatomyositis complications
Ossification, Heterotopic complications
Tracheal Diseases complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 0248-8663
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- La Revue de medecine interne
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8059118
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0248-8663(05)81185-3