Gastrointestinal involvement in neurologic disorders: Stiff-man and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndromes
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.313, no.1, pp.70-73, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 313 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 1997
- Doi Number: 10.1097/00000441-199701000-00012
- Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.70-73
- Keywords: Stiff-man syndrome, Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, gastric emptying, esophageal motility, cisapride, DISEASE, DYSPHAGIA, DYSTROPHY, TRACT
- Ankara University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Many neurologic conditions can affect the striated muscle of the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in dysphagia, In this article, two patients with rare neurologic disorders are reported (Stiff-man syndrome and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome), Both patients had pharyngeal dysphagia, In addition, there was evidence of smooth muscle involvement in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract, specifically abnormal esophageal motility and delayed gastric emptying, In the English literature, there are only two reports of Stiff-man syndrome and dysphagia, and there are no reports of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, These represent the first accounts of smooth muscle dysfunction in those uncommon neurologic disorders.