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- Title
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction caused by neuromyopathy in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
- Authors
Park, Jin-Sun; Kim, Hyoun-Ah; Lee, Kwang-Jae; Suh, Chang-Hee
- Abstract
Although gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis is common, the pathophysiology of small-bowel involvement in systemic sclerosis is not fully understood. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who has systemic sclerosis with intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The small-bowel manometric findings showed low-amplitude intestinal contraction and absence of the migrating myoelectric complex, and the electrogastrography revealed no increase of the slow-wave power. The manometric and electrogastrographic findings demonstrate that neuromyopathy may play a role in pseudo-obstruction of systemic sclerosis.
- Subjects
SYSTEMIC scleroderma; INTESTINAL diseases; MUSCLE diseases; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; PATHOLOGICAL physiology; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 6, p912
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-012-0597-x