Acute gastroparesis in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.175
- Author:
Byung Chun CHUNG
1
;
Hyo Jin PARK
;
Seung Baik YOON
;
Hong Woo LEE
;
Ki Whang KIM
;
Sang In LEE
;
In Suh PARK
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and 2Department of Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea .
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy;
gastroparesis;
prokinetic agents
- MeSH:
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
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1998;39(2):175-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
