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01-01-2015 | Scleroderma (J Varga, Section Editor)

Advances in the Evaluation and Management of Esophageal Disease of Systemic Sclerosis

Authors: Dustin A. Carlson, Monique Hinchcliff, John E. Pandolfino

Published in: Current Rheumatology Reports | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Symptoms of heartburn and dysphagia as well as objective findings of abnormal esophageal acid exposure and esophageal dysmotility are common in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Treatments for SSc esophageal disease are generally limited to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment with proton pump inhibitors. Progresses made in esophageal diagnostic testing offer the potential for improved clinical characterization of esophageal disease in SSc that may help direct management decisions. In addition to reviewing GERD management in patients with SSc, present and potential uses of endoscopy, reflux monitoring, manometry, impedance planimetry, and endoscopic ultrasound are discussed.

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Title: Advances in the Evaluation and Management of Esophageal Disease of Systemic Sclerosis
Authors: Dustin A. Carlson
Monique Hinchcliff
John E. Pandolfino
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Rheumatology Reports / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1523-3774
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-014-0475-y

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