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GASTROINTESTINAL & NEUROMUSCULAR
Myopathy
Neuromuscular Junction
Neuropathy
Myopathy
Mitochondrial
MNGIE
: GI motility
Kearns-Sayre
: Swallowing
PEO +
: Swallowing
Myopathy, childhood
Dystrophy
Myotonic
(Esophageal + GI motility ↓)
Duchenne
(Bowel Obstruction)
Oculopharyngeal
Oculopharyngodistal
Immune Myopathies
(Pharynx or Esophagus)
Inclusion body myositis
Hyperthyroid
(Pharyngeal)
Visceral myopathy + External ophthalmoplegia
Scleromyxedema
Williams-Beuren syndrome
Dysphagia: Myopathies
4
Neuromuscular Junction
Botulinum
: Wound (Drug users); Injections
Myasthenia Gravis
Bulbar
Pharyngeal
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction: With thymoma
Neuropathy & MND
Motor neuron disease
ALS
BSMA
Autonomic Disorders
Hirschsprung's megacolon
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Achalasia
Toxic
Vincristine
GI disorders causing neuropathy
Vitamin B
12
deficiency
Vitamin E deficiency
Pancreas:
Hypoglycemic PN
Infections
Polio
Chagas' disease
: Trypanosoma
Hepatitis C
Campylobacter jejuni
Tetanus
:
Dysphagia
Syringomyelia
Hereditary
HSN + Cough & GE reflux
Intestinal pseudoobstruction
: Hereditary
Mitochondrial:
MNGIE
&
Variants
Motor neuropathy:
Ataxia + Laryngeal paralysis
Posterior column ataxia + Retinitis pigmentosa
SPG 9
: GE reflux
Riley-Day (HSAN3)
Immune neuropathies: Acute
GBS
MFS-like syndromes
Paraneoplastic
Anti-Hu syndrome
CV2 syndrome
Systemic disorders
Amyloidosis
Celiac disease
Diabetes mellitus
M-protein
&
POEMS
Porphyria
Whipple's
Gastrointestinal System: Inflammatory Disorders
1
Ulcerative Colitis
General
Inflammation of variable regions of bowel
Clinical features: Bloody diarrhea
Course: Chronic
Neuromuscular syndromes
Epidemiology
Frequency: Rare
Onset age: Mean 6th decade
Males > Females
May be associated with malabsorption
No typical associated syndromes
Occasional associations
CIDP
Axonal neuropathy
Pan-sensory: Older patients
Small fiber
Inflammatory myopathy
Metabolic disorders: Electrolyte disorders (K
+
, Mg
+
, Ca
++
) cause weakness or tetany
:
Crohn's Disease
General
Pathology: Inflammation throughout GI tract
Chronic course
Genetic susceptibility: NOD2/CARD15
Clinical features
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea (Non-bloody)
Intestinal obstruction
Neuromuscular associations
General
Onset age: 6th decade
Males > Females
Peripheral neuropathy
B
12
malabsorption: Common
Sensory-Motor axonal neuropathy
Severity related to disease activity
Frequency: Occasional
Onset: Subacute
May improve with treatment of Crohn's disease
Subclinical: Sensory or Autonomic neuropathy
Demyelinating neuropathies
CIDP
MMN
Treatment related
Metronidazole
Thalidomide
Dermatomyositis
: Rare
Myasthenia gravis
: Rare
Electrolyte disorders (K
+
, Mg
+
, Ca
++
)
Celiac Disease (Gluten-sensitive enteropathy)
2
General: Allergic reaction to gluten in cereals
T-cell-mediated immune response against ingested gluten in genetically predisposed people
Antigenic target: Transglutaminase
Causes injury to mucosa in small bowel
Genetic factors
10 percent prevalence of celiac disease among first-degree relatives
HLA types
HLA-DQ2: 90% to 95% express ((α)1501,(β)102) heterodimer
HLA-DQ8: Found in most other celiac disease patients
Concordance rates
Monozygotic twins: 70%
HLA-identical sibs: 30%
Predisposition in Finnish families: Linked to chromosome 15q11-q13
Epidemiology
Female > Male
Frequency
Most common in Western Europe: Up to 1 in 120
Rare: African-Caribbean, Chinese, Japanese
Onset: Childhood to 7th decade
Clinical features: General
Adults
Hematologic
Anemia: Iron or Folate deficiency
Hemorrhage: Vitamin K deficiency
GI
Clinical: Diarrhea (50%); Flatulence; Weight loss
Pathology: Enteropathy of the proximal small bowel
Skin: Dermatitis herpetiformis, often with no GI symptoms
Osteopenia
Renal: IgA mesangial nephropathy
Other: Hyposplenism; Lymphoma
Associated disorders: Diabetes, Type 1; Thyroiditis; GI neoplasm
Children
Diarrhea
Failure to thrive
Abdominal distension
Short stature
Behavioral disturbances
Clinical features: Neurological
Peripheral neuropathy: Varied patterns; Uncommon
Axonal
Most common pattern
Predominantly sensory: Panmodal sensory loss; Pain
Distribution: Distal; Symmetric; Hands & Feet
Progression: Slow
Motor-Sensory or Motor
Mononeuritis multiplex
Myopathies
Frequency: 5%
Inflammatory
in some patients
Tetany: Hypocalcemia
Ataxia
May be familial
Onset: Adult or Childhood
Pattern: Gait disorder; Legs
Myoclonus: Occasional association
Progression: Slow or Rapid over 1 year
Pathology: Purkinje cell loss; Perivascular inflammation
Other CNS
Seizures: Complex partial
Headaches with CNS white matter changes
Cerebral calcification: Most commonly reported in Italians
Eye: Night blindness
Laboratory
Antibody testing
Anti-endomysial antibodies: Serum IgA
Antigen is tissue transglutaminase
Less common in patients with neurological disease without bowel involvement
Anti-Gliadin antibodies: Serum IgA & IgG
Less specific for celiac disease than anti-endomysial antibodies
Bind to epitopes on Purkinje cells
IgG type: May be found in normals (10%); May not be reliable screening procedure
Transglutaminase antibodies
Celiac disease: Transglutaminase 2 (TG2)
Dermatitis herpetiformis: Transglutaminase 3 (TG3)
May be negative: Children; IgA deficiency
May disappear after gluten free diet treatment
Serum transaminases: High alkaline phosphatase
Tissue diagnosis: Intestinal biopsy is gold standard
Pathology: Absent villi; Hyperplastic crypts; Inflammation, Lymphocytes & Plasma cells
Recovery after gluten free diet
Gluten ataxia
Serum Ig binds to Purkinje cells
Transglutaminase 6 antibodies (70%)
3
IgG or IgA
Reduced with gluten free diet
Occur in some sporadic ataxias without enteropathy (30%)
Treatment
Gluten free diet
Dietary correction of deficiencies
External link:
Celiac disease
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References
1. Muscle Nerve 2002; On-line May,
Brain 2005;128:867-879
,
Eur J Intern Med 2015 Jul 23
2. NEJM 2002;346;180-188, JNNP 2002;72:560-563, Current Opinion in Neurology 2002;15:519-523
3.
Neurology 2013; Online April
4.
Neuromuscul Disord 2020 Nov 13
6/20/2024