Rare case of visceral myopathy

Niloofar Sherazi Dreyer; Lina Pankratjevaite; Dainius Janciauskas; Zilvinas Saladzinskas

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjab554

Rare case of visceral myopathy

J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Dec 20;2021(12):rjab554. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab554. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Niloofar Sherazi Dreyer¹, Lina Pankratjevaite², Dainius Janciauskas³, Zilvinas Saladzinskas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
³ Department of Pathology, Medical Academy, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Medical Academy, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Abstract

Visceral myopathy is a rare bowel disease affecting peristalsis and causing pseudo-obstruction. There is no specific treatment for chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction caused by visceral myopathy. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman with visceral myopathy who, due to unsuccessful conservative treatment, underwent surgery. However, few surgeries did not give the desired result and the patient still suffers from chronic constipation, abdominal distension and pain. The diagnosis of visceral myopathy is complicated. Neither conservative nor surgical treatment of visceral myopathy is associated with good results.

Publication types

Case Reports