A hitherto unknown pattern of pathologic gastrointestinal motility--a cause of repeated vomiting?
Steinbrueckner, B.E.; Barnert, J.; Wienbeck, M.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 43(9): 764-768
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 8799427 Document Number: 458728
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.