Acute reversible gastroparesis and megaduodenum after botulinum toxin injection for achalasia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1326-1327

  Radaelli, Franco ^a   Paggi, Silvia ^a   Terreni, Natalia ^a   Toldi, Anna ^a   Terruzzi, Vittorio ^a  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEPSIS; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH PERFORATION; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DUODENAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROPARESIS; INJECTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DUODENAL DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A;

EID: 77952877241     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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