Thyrotoxicosis with primary presentation as dysphagia: a rare manifestation
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Dysphagia as a primary manifestation of thyrotoxicosis: a case report.
This report deals with a middle aged man in whom the presenting symptom of the disorder was dysphagia. The clinical approach to the final diagnosis of thyrotoxic myopathy causing dysphagia is outlined and the pathophysiology of dysphagia then discussed. The need to include thyrotoxicosis in the differential diagnosis of an otherwise unexplained case of dysphagia is stressed.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2320-6071
DOI: 10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20140840