Rheumatology 2001; 40: 952-953
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology
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Dysphagia and stridor caused by laryngeal rheumatoid arthritis
Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, The Guest Hospital, Tipton Road, Dudley DY1 4SE, UK
SIR, A 52-yr-old man was admitted as an emergency with high dysphagia to liquids and stridor. He had complained of gradually deteriorating dysphagia for 6 months and some mild dyspnoea. His dyspnoea had deteriorated rapidly in the week preceding his admission and stridor was clearly audible. He had had severe erosive nodular rheumatoid arthritis for 10 yr and was on combination therapy with methotrexate
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