title: Intestinal pseudo-obstruction caused by neuromyopathy in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: Although gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis is common, the pathophysiology of small-bowel involvement in systemic sclerosis is not fully understood. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who has systemic sclerosis with intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The small-bowel manometric findings showed low-amplitude intestinal contraction and absence of the migrating myoelectric complex, and the electrogastrography revealed no increase of the slow-wave power. The manometric and electrogastrographic findings demonstrate that neuromyopathy may play a role in pseudo-obstruction of systemic sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology and BK21 Division of Cell Transformation and Restoration, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-721, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyoun-Ah
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang-Jae
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chang-Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Suh