Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Botulinum gastroparesis is a very rare pathology, complicating a botulinum toxi infection following ingestion of contaminated food, it is characterized by uncontrollable vomiting not responding to antiemetic treatment associated with a significant neurological syndrome, the diagnosis is made by abdominal CT scan without and after injection of PDC for possible elimination of a mechanical obstruction and following a history of ingestion of infected food, the evolution is marked following the taking of the botulinum antidote, by an improvement in digestive and neurological symptoms. Keywords: gastroparesis, botulinum, botulism, canned.
Source: SAS Journal of Medicine
Institution: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403463440