Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res.
2017 Sep;17(3):148-153. 10.7704/kjhugr.2017.17.3.148.
Diabetic Gastroparesis Presenting with a Cyclic Vomiting Pattern
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. solefide@hanmail.net
- KMID: 2389085
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2017.17.3.148
Abstract
- Gastroparesis is a syndrome characterized by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction of the stomach. Approximately 20∼40% of patients with a long course of diabetes mellitus and/or other complications, especially neurologic dysfunction, develop diabetic gastroparesis. Diabetic gastroparesis has been thoroughly investigated; however, few reports have considered an associated episodic cyclic vomiting pattern. We present a literature review and report the case of our recent experience with a 29-year-old male patient who presented with a cyclic vomiting pattern associated with diabetic gastroparesis.
