title: A hitherto unknown pattern of pathologic gastrointestinal motility--a cause of repeated vomiting?
abstract: We report the case of a 20-year-old woman with functional vomiting who presented with symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Antroduodenal and upper jejunal perfusion manometry was performed using an eight-lumen catheter. The investigation revealed a hitherto unknown motility pattern consisting of continuous simultaneous contractions at high frequency from the antrum down to the upper jejunum. The observation suggests that this disorder was related to the patients symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III, Zentralklinikum Augsburg, Germany.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Steinbrueckner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wienbeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology