Patients with dystrophia myotonica consistently demonstrate weakness of the pharynx and cricopharyngeal sphincter along with diminished esophageal peristalsis.
May warrant dysphagia evaluation in dystrophia myotonica; leaves open prevalence, risks, and management implications.
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS A valuable study is presented of the pharynx and oesophagus in seven cases of dystrophia myotonica. All showed an unusual lesion of weakness of the pharynx, weakness or absence of the cricopharyngeal sphincter, and absence or diminution of oesophageal peristalsis.
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