PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | neuropathy |
| Phenotype | C0085655|polymyositis |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 26473129 | These patients had a massively dilated duodenum with a slightly thickened duodenal wall, but no obvious mechanical obstruction was observed on examination.7 in rare cases, a megaduodenum can be secondary to visceral myopathy or neuropathy associated with polymyositis and may result from the absence of the parasympathetic ganglion cells in auerbach's plexus.68 a megaduodenum may be misdiagnosed and treated improperly owing to the lack of adequate knowledge and clinical experience.7 in the present case, the patient had no anatomical abnormalities, except for a severely distended duodenal bulb, or passage disturbances of the ugi tract. |
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