Esophageal manometry, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and duodenal mucosal histopathology in systemic sclerosis.
M B AdarshShefali K SharmaKaushal K PrasadVarun DhirSurjit SinghSaroj Kant SinhaPublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)
Most of the patients with SSc had esophageal dysmotility in the form of absent peristalsis, ineffective esophageal peristalsis, and hypotensive LES. Histology of descending duodenum demonstrated partial villous atrophy and chronic inflammatory infiltrates in most of the patients with SSc.