Yonsei Med J.
1998 Apr;39(2):175-179. 10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.175.
Acute gastroparesis in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
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- 1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and 2Department of Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea .
- KMID: 711543
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.175
Abstract
- Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease. Clinical descriptions of the disorder focus principally on skeletal muscle degeneration. Another manifestation, which involves the gastrointestinal tract, may be fatal. But its prevalence remains undefined. We report here a case of acute gastroparesis associated with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. In our case, the patient's symptoms were improved by prokinetic agents and timely decompression in life-threatening acute gastric dilatation.
MeSH Terms
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Acute Disease
Adolescence
Case Report
Contrast Media
Decompression
Gastric Emptying/physiology
Gastrointestinal Agents/therapeutic use
Gastrointestinal Motility/drug effects
Gastroparesis/radiography
Gastroparesis/physiopathology
Gastroparesis/etiology*
Human
Male
Muscular Dystrophies/complications*
Radiography, Abdominal
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