ACUTE GASTROPARESIS IN DUCHENNES MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy(DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease. C linical descriptions of the disorder focus principally on skeletal mus cle degeneration. Another manifestation, which involves the gastrointe stinal tract, may be fatal. But its prevalence remains undefined. We r eport here a case of acute gastroparesis associated with Duchenne's mu scular dystrophy. In our case, the patient's symptoms were improved by prokinetic agents and timely decompression in life-threatening acute gastric dilatation.