Revisiting the link between oropharyngeal dysphagia and cancer in autoimmune myositis: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the link between moderate to severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and cancer in autoimmune myositis (AIM) other than inclusion body myositis (IBM).

Methods

The medical records of patients with AIM seen in rheumatology in two university hospitals from January 2000 to December 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Using an updated AIM subclassification, patients were classified by expert opinion as pure dermatomyositis (DM), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), scleromyositis, lupomyositis, anti-MDA-5 syndrome, antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) or polymyositis syndrome. Objective oropharyngeal dysphagia at myositis diagnosis was defined by an abnormal videofluoroscopic swallowing study and/or the need for percutaneous gastrojejunostomy. The presence of cance

SUBMITTER: Shen HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12613458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature