SCLEREDEMA ADULTORUM OF BUSCHKE WITH UPPER ESOPHAGEAL INVOLVEMENT

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 77  (1) , 9-11
Abstract
A 55-yr-old white female with biopsy proven sclerederma adultorum was evaluated for progressive dysphagia. Esophageal motility studies revealed persistently high upper esophageal pressures without response to deglutition and minimal peristalsis in the upper body of the esophasus. A cine-esophagram revealed massive aspiration of Ba into the nasopharynx and lungs, concomitant with stenosis in the upper esophagus. The patient died presumptively from aspiration. This patient exemplifies a potentially lethal complication of scleredema adultorum, i.e., upper esophageal infiltration with resultant aspiration.

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: