Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction with dilated biliary tract as a spectrum of stiff person syndrome in a nondiabetic patient

Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare and challenging neuromuscular junction disorder with typical musculoskeletal manifestations associated with anti-GAD65 antibodies, extra rheumatological manifestations, including neuropsychiatric symptoms and severe dysautonomic troubles. Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is also a rare condition corresponding to a sub-occlusive syndrome, resulting from the functional or structural impairment of smooth neuromuscular tissues of the intestinal tract. In the clinical spectrum of SPS, CIPO has rarely been described and dilated biliary tract has never been described. This present report is therefore the first in the context of anti-GAD65 antibodies with the additional involvement of the biliary tract. Here, we report the case of a 44-year-old woman hospitalized for a rapidly progressive CIPO associated with dilated biliary tract, revealing a typical SPS with slowly progressive rheumatologic complaints relegated to the background. The concomitant improvement of the neuromuscular function on skeletal, intestinal and biliary tree systems with the good outcomes of anti-GAD65 titer under immunosuppressant drugs, allowed us to link all three organic involvements to the antibody pathogenicity on the respective neuromuscular junctions. Therefore, we discussed their common pathogeny based on our patient's treatment outcome.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions - 19(2019), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 526-530

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nguyen, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
de Boysson, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Audrey, Fohlen [VerfasserIn]
Yameogo, Seydou [VerfasserIn]
Aouba, Achille [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Anti GAD65
Biliary Tract Dilatation
Case Reports
Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction
GABA
Journal Article
Stiff Person Syndrome

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.08.2020

Date Revised 10.08.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303913991