A significant proportion of asymptomatic patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus exhibit abnormal oesophageal motility associated with autonomic neuropathy.
May prompt oesophageal evaluation in asymptomatic insulin-dependent diabetes; leaves open autonomic neuropathy links for prospective study.
Oesophagus scintigraphy with 99mTc was used to evaluate oesophageal motility in 40 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Abnormal oesophageal function was found in one third of the patients, although none reported oesophageal symptoms. The patients with abnormal oesophageal motility had a high frequency of abnormal autonomic nerve function tests compared with controls.
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