The Forgotten Cause of Gastroparesis: Liver Cirrhosis

Gastroparesis has long been associated with diabetes mellitus or autonomic dysfunction in general. Unfortunately, this condition has never been explored sufficiently in liver cirrhosis patients, although a significant number of them have gastrointestinal symptoms usually explained by the presence of ascites or splenomegaly. The patient experience described in this report is not an uncommon situation. We present it to bring his case to the reader's attention, so they can keep liver cirrhosis in mind as a potential cause of gastroparesis. The main goal of this brief report is to shed light on this important subject and to stress the need for further research in this area.