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  • Title: [Osteochonroplastic tracheopathy associated with dermatomyositis: apropos of a case].
    Author: de Wazières B, Fest T, Dalphin JC, Ranfaing E, Capellier G, Dupond JL.
    Journal: Rev Med Interne; 1994 Feb; 15(2):121-3. PubMed ID: 8059118.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of a 35 year-old-man with dermatomyositis associated with tracheopathia osteoplastica. The swallowing perturbation secondary to myositis and airway involvement by tracheopathia induced fatal outcome. Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease and occurs exclusively in men over the age of 50. The association of two rarest disease is not a fortuitous event. The common pathogenic factor may be, in this case, the occupational exposure to silicon.
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