Dysphonia and dermatomyositis: an unusual manifestation.

Wood, Megan Wilson; McNeill, Elena; Mims, J Whit; Wright, S Carter · Laryngoscope · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a case of a 39-year-old female with a recent diagnosis of dermatomyositis and dysphonia. Dermatomyositis is a connective tissue disease with multisystem involvement: cardiac, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and dermatologic are the most common. While dermatomyositis affects thousands of individuals in the United States, laryngeal involvement has only been described in a single case report to date.

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