Hiatus hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease as a manifestation of a newly revealed hypothyroidism

Savina, L.V.; Semenikhina, T.M.; Korochanskaia, N.V.; Klitinskaia, I.S.; Iakovenko, M.S.

Klinicheskaia Meditsina 84(2): 71-74

2006


ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149
PMID: 16613012
Document Number: 601760
The aim of the study was to reveal hypothyroidism (HT) in patients with hiatus hernia (HH), treated at Russian Centre of Functional Surgical Gastroenterology. The subjects were 64 women: 18--with HH and diffuse or diffuse nodular goiter, 36--with HH, and 10--without endocrine or somatic disease background. The examination included the evaluation of the thyroid and metabolic status, endoscopy, and 24-hour ph-metry. The results show that one of the early signs of HT is HH and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The latter in HT patients is associated with gastrointestinal motor-evacuatory disturbances rather than with acid exposition in the distal esophagus.

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