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Scintigraphic oesophageal clearance in diabetics: clinical usefulness.
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Nuclear medicine communications [Nucl Med Commun] 1988 Dec; Vol. 9 (12), pp. 955-64. - Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- The whole digestive tract is one of the sites most involved in diabetic autonomic neuropathy. The aim of this work was to validate the clinical usefulness of oesophageal scintigraphy in the early detection of this complication of diabetes. Eighty-one diabetic patients without oesophageal symptoms were studied by solid meal scintigraphic test (SMST) and 35 out of them also by liquid meal scintigraphic test (LMST). As controls, 20 normal volunteers were studied by LMST and 14 by SMST. Forty-seven diabetics studied by SMST were also evaluated by cardiovascular tests (CT) and for the presence of retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. The most statistically significant difference between diabetics and controls was found at 75s with SMST. SMST results showed a statistically significant correlation with CT. No correlation was found with the presence of retinopathy or peripheral neuropathy. We conclude that SMST is a useful, safe, low-cost diagnostic tool in the detection of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases physiopathology
Diabetic Neuropathies physiopathology
Esophageal Diseases physiopathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Peristalsis
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases diagnostic imaging
Diabetic Neuropathies diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Diseases diagnostic imaging
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0143-3636
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nuclear medicine communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3217066
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-198812000-00003