Management of scleroderma gastrointestinal disease: Lights and shadows
Jenice X. Cheah, Dinesh Khanna, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan
Abstract
Gastrointestinal symptoms affect the great majority of patients with systemic sclerosis. Management of these complications is often challenging as any region of the gastrointestinal tract may be involved, and significant heterogeneity exists in clinical presentation, kinetics, and outcomes. Here, we highlight new findings relevant to the management of systemic sclerosis-related gastrointestinal disease (lights) and consider areas that we have yet to elucidate (shadows).
Topics & Concepts
Gastrointestinal tractScleroderma (fungus)MedicineDiseaseGastrointestinal diseasePresentation (obstetrics)Affect (linguistics)DermatologyIntensive care medicineInternal medicinePathologySurgeryPsychologyCommunicationInoculationSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesDermatologic Treatments and ResearchEosinophilic Esophagitis