title: Esophageal clearance scintigraphy, in diabetic patients--a preliminary study.
abstract: The aim of this preliminary study was to evaluate the predictive value of esophageal clearance scintigraphy (ECS) in the diagnosis of esophageal autonomic neuropathy in diabetic patients without any esophageal symptoms. A single swallow ECS was performed in 12 diabetic patients and 15 normal volunteers, and esophageal transit time (ETT) and esophageal (Es) T 1/2 values were calculated. ETT and Es T 1/2 were found to be significantly prolonged in the diabetic group (p less than 0.01 and p less than 0.05, respectively). In this preliminary study, our results strongly suggest that ECS may be an important noninvasive diagnostic tool in the evaluation of diabetic patients with asymptomatic esophageal autonomic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karayalcin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Karayalcin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aburano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morise
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate