Vol.22 No.6

Case Report

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction caused by neuromyopathy in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Authors

Jin-Sun Park1 , Hyoun-Ah Kim1 , Kwang-Jae Lee2 , Chang-Hee Suh1

  • Department of Rheumatology and BK21 Division of Cell Transformation and Restoration, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-721, Korea
  • Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
Received:

2 November 2011

Accepted:

13 January 2012

Published online:

31 January 2012

Full Text

PDF　(member's only)

Abstract

Although gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis is common, the pathophysiology of smallbowel 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.

Key words

Systemic sclerosis - Intestinal pseudo-obstruction - Electrogastrography - Small-bowel manometry