Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2024 Jun;30(1):43-45. 10.15746/sms.24.008.

A Case of Botulinum Toxin Injection for Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia

• Son DY
• Choi MH

• KMID: 2556928
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15746/sms.24.008

Abstract

Functional dyspepsia is a condition with chronic indigestion symptoms such as epigastric pain or discomfort, early satiety, and bloating without an alternative organic disease. The symptoms are similar to those of functional dyspepsia, but abnormal retention of food in the stomach should be identified in gastroparesis. In this case, botulinum toxin injection was performed for treatment in a patient who complained of symptoms such as nausea, early satiety, abdominal distension, and poor appetite without no abnormal findings in gastric emptying scan. Through this case, a possibility was found that antral and pyloric dysfunction may cause symptoms of functional dyspepsia, without gastric emptying abnormalities.

Keyword

Functional dyspepsia; Botulinum toxin injection; Gastroparesis; Case reports