Detecting Myositis as a Cause of Unexplained Dysphagia: Proposal of a Diagnostic Algorithm.
Bendix LabeitThalia GrondAchim G BeuleMaik BoehmerChristian ThomasPaul MuhleInga ClausMalte RoderigoClaudia RudackHeinz WiendlRainer DziewasTobias WarneckeSonja Suntrup-KruegerPublished in: European journal of neurology (2021)
IIM constitutes a potentially treatable etiology in patients with unexplained dysphagia. The diagnostic algorithm presented in this study helps to identify patients with IIM compatible dysphagia pattern and to assign those patients for further IIM-focused diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.