Fig 1.
Videofluoroscopy swallow study (VFSS).
Videoradiographic sequence in a patient with dermatomyositis (DM). A) Pharyngeal pooling is detected at both pharyngeal and esophageal phases. An arrow indicates abnormal pooling of imaging agent. B) Nasal regurgitation is detected at pharyngeal phases before treatment of DM. However, the observation was disappeared after treatment with corticosteroid. An arrow indicates nasal regurgitation of imaging agent.
Table 1.
Associations between dysphagia and clinical or laboratory features in patients with dermatomyositis.
Table 2.
Associations between dysphagia and clinical or laboratory features in dermatomyositis patients with anti-TIF-1γ antibody.
Table 3.
Multivariate analysis assessing the existence of dysphagia.
Table 4.
The profile of dermatomyositis patients with dysphagia.
Table 5.
Associations between dysphagia and myositis disease activity scale.