[Manometric study of esophageal involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis (author's transl)].
In 15 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis esophageal function was examined radiologically and by manometry. Only one third of the patients had experienced dysphagia, while radiologically esophageal motility was abnormal in 8 patients (55%) and by manometry even in 11 patients (73%). Therefore the absence of symptoms does not exclude extensive involvement of the esophagus. Furthermore the manometric results indicate that involvement of the esophagus in the edematous-indurative stage of scleroderma should be suspected more frequently than assumed generally on the base of radiological studies alone.
D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000503:physiopathology*
Manometrische Untersuchungen zur Oesophagusbeteiligung bei progressiver Sklerodermie