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Symptomatic gastroparesis in a patient with achalasia
E Gutierrez-Galiana1, V A Botoman, H Bech
1Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale 33301, USA.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|October 1, 1998
Abstract:
We present a case of a patient with achalasia who developed symptomatic gastroparesis after botulinum toxin injection therapy. Symptoms responded to prokinetics. Pathophysiology of gastric motility disturbances in patients with achalasia is discussed.