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百科

Esophageal involvement in scleroderma

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Common symptoms

吞咽困难、胀感、烧心、食管下括约肌张力下降

The pathology of disease

Esophageal involvement in scleroderma is smooth muscle atrophy; hypomotility; LES incompetence; severe GERD; strictures; Barrett; PPI; prokinetics.

Symptoms

Severe heartburn; dysphagia; reflux; scleroderma (CREST); Raynaud; strictures; Barrett esophagus risk

Causes

Scleroderma smooth muscle atrophy; esophageal hypomotility; LES incompetence.

Treatment

High-dose PPI; lifestyle; prokinetics; dilation of strictures; surveil for Barrett; rheumatology/GI

Dept

Rheumatology / gastroenterology.

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