Ampulla of Vater/duodenal Wall Spasm Diagnosed by Antroduodenal Manometry

Overview

Journal Dig Dis Sci

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 1995 Aug 1

PMID 7648970

Citations 6

Authors

T Koussayer

T E Ducker

M H Clench

J R Mathias

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Abstract

Patients with chronic epigastric to right upper quadrant pain are often considered to have gallbladder of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, but standard tests are nondiagnostic. In 62 consecutive patients with this compliant undergoing antroduodenal manometry, we correlated a change on duodenal motility with spasm of the ampulla of Vater/duodenal wall. This distinctive motility pattern occurred and was analyzed in 35% of patients. It is characterized by increased duodenal wall tone with phasic contractions of 19-22 or 41-44 contractions/min or by phasic activity alone. The subjects with spasm also underwent cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy, and 50% showed either significantly delayed gallbladder emptying of hilum to small intestine emptying, or both. The disorder appears to be secondary to a loss of neural inhibitory control and a dysfunctional small-bowel pacemaker. Antroduodenal manometry is an essential diagnostic procedure that complements sphincter of Oddi manometry in evaluation of unexplained right upper quadrant pain.

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