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The radiologic manifestations of diabetic gastric neuropathy and its differential diagnosis

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The radiologic signs of diabetic gastric neuropathy consist of ineffectual peristalsis, solid gastric residue, elongated sausage-shaped stomach, gastric barium retention, and duodenal bulb atony. This entity is seen in patients with long-term diabetes mellitus under relatively inadequate control with the likelihood of other complications of this disease. The radiologie differential diagnoses include surgical and autovagotomy as well as drug-induced gastric motility disorders. Theories advanced to explain the pathophysiology of this entity are discussed.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, New England Deaconess Hospital, 185 Pilgrim Road, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Herbert F. Gramm M.D. & Philip Costello

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Karen Reuter

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Gramm, H.F., Reuter, K. & Costello, P. The radiologic manifestations of diabetic gastric neuropathy and its differential diagnosis. Gastrointest Radiol 3, 151–155 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887056

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