ABSTRACT
Abstract The universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) provides five subtypes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We present an interesting case of a type 2 myocardial infarction caused by the dilation of the left thoracic stomach.
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Humans , Male , Aged , Stomach/surgery , Gastric Dilatation/etiology , Anastomosis, Surgical/adverse effects , Esophagus/surgery , Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction/etiology , Gastric Dilatation/drug therapy , Gastric Dilatation/diagnostic imaging , Benzamides/therapeutic use , Gastrointestinal Agents/therapeutic use , Morpholines/therapeutic use , Acute Disease , Esophagectomy/methods , Gastroparesis/etiology , Gastroparesis/drug therapy , Gastroparesis/diagnostic imaging , Coronary Stenosis/etiology , Coronary Stenosis/drug therapy , Coronary Stenosis/diagnostic imaging , Electrocardiography , Esophagus/diagnostic imaging , Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction/diagnosisSubject(s)
Humans , Female , Aged , Thymoma/diagnostic imaging , Thymus Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/diagnostic imaging , Thymoma/pathology , Thymus Neoplasms/pathology , Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction/pathology , Radiography, Abdominal , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Gastroparesis/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease. Clinical descriptions of the disorder focus principally on skeletal muscle degeneration. Another manifestation, which involves the gastrointestinal tract, may be fatal. But its prevalence remains undefined. We report here a case of acute gastroparesis associated with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. In our case, the patient's symptoms were improved by prokinetic agents and timely decompression in life-threatening acute gastric dilatation.