TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal manifestations of epidermolysis bullosa
T2 - A study of 101 patients
AU - Ergun, Gulchin A.
AU - Lin, Andrew N.
AU - Dannenberg, Andrew J.
AU - Martin Carter, D.
PY - 1992/5
Y1 - 1992/5
N2 - One hundred one patients with EB were evaluated by a combination of prospective and retrospective review, and analyzed regarding the nature, incidence, and prevalence of their gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations. Involvement of the GI tract is a well-known extracutaneous manifestation of dystrophic EB, but it also occurred in more than one-half and one-third, respectively, of those with junctional and simplex EB. Most of the serious consequences, such as esophageal strictures and microstomia, occurred in recessive dystrophic EB but were also seen, although infrequently, in the junctional and simplex forms. The majority of patients with dysphagia had an esophageal stricture, and the cervical esophagus was the most common location. The onset of dysphagia generally occurred in the first decade of life, in patients much younger than previously recognized. Diagnostic endoscopy did not reveal lesions which could not have been detected radiographically. Lower GI complaints were common, especially constipation and perianal blistering, and affected all types of EB. These complaints contributed substantially to management problems but they did not correlate with colonic pathology and appeared to reflect anal or perianal disease.
AB - One hundred one patients with EB were evaluated by a combination of prospective and retrospective review, and analyzed regarding the nature, incidence, and prevalence of their gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations. Involvement of the GI tract is a well-known extracutaneous manifestation of dystrophic EB, but it also occurred in more than one-half and one-third, respectively, of those with junctional and simplex EB. Most of the serious consequences, such as esophageal strictures and microstomia, occurred in recessive dystrophic EB but were also seen, although infrequently, in the junctional and simplex forms. The majority of patients with dysphagia had an esophageal stricture, and the cervical esophagus was the most common location. The onset of dysphagia generally occurred in the first decade of life, in patients much younger than previously recognized. Diagnostic endoscopy did not reveal lesions which could not have been detected radiographically. Lower GI complaints were common, especially constipation and perianal blistering, and affected all types of EB. These complaints contributed substantially to management problems but they did not correlate with colonic pathology and appeared to reflect anal or perianal disease.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005792-199205000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00005792-199205000-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 1635437
AN - SCOPUS:0026729573
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 71
SP - 121
EP - 127
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 3
ER -