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アハラシア (Achalasia) とは
Guy E Boeckxstaens1, Giovanni Zaninotto2, Joel E Richter3
1Department of Gastroenterology, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), University Hospital Leuven, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 23, 2013
まとめ
エゾファゲスの運動障害であるアハラシアは,神経の喪失と門機能の障害を伴う. 肺拡張やヘルラー筋切除などの現在の治療法は有効であり,新しい選択肢として経口内視鏡筋切除があります.
科学分野:
- 胃腸内科 胃腸内科
- 食道運動障害 食道運動障害
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
背景:
- アハラシアは,腸内ニューロンの喪失によって特徴づけられる希少な食道運動障害です.
- このニューロンの喪失は,ペリスタルティスが欠け,食道下部スフィンクターのリラックスが損なわれる結果になる.
- 正確な原因は不明ですが,ウイルスによって誘発された免疫反応が感受性の高い個体に関与しています.
研究 の 目的:
- アカラシアの現在の理解を要約すると.
- アハラシアに関連する臨床表現とリスクを概説する.
- アハラシアの現在および新興の治療方法を検討する.
主な方法:
- アカラシアの病理生理学,臨床的特徴,治療方法に関する文献レビュー.
- pneumatic dilatationとHeller myotomyを含む現在の治療基準の分析.
- 経口内視鏡ミオトミーなどの新興の最小侵襲的技術を含める.
主要な成果:
- アハラシアは,消化不全,嘔吐,胸痛,体重減少,食道がんのリスクの増加につながる.
- 肺拡張術とヘルラー筋切除術は,比較可能な成功率を持つ確立された治療法です.
- 経口内視鏡筋切除は,新しい,最小侵襲的な選択肢ですが,直接比較試験は待っています.
結論:
- アハラシアは,患者に重大な影響を及ぼす複雑な食道障害です.
- 確立された治療法は効果的な管理を提供していますが,新しい最小侵襲的オプションは有望です.
- ランダム化試験を含むさらなる研究が,新しい治療法を現在の標準と比較するために必要である.
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