Max J Hilz, Eloisa Arbustini, Lorenzo Dagna, Antonio Gasbarrini, Cyril Goizet, Didier Lacombe, Rocco Liguori, Raffaele Manna, Juan Politei, Marco Spada, Alessandro Burlina
Non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms, including pain, diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting, can be the first symptoms of Fabry disease. They may suggest more common disorders, e.g. irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease. The confounding clinical presentation and rarity of Fabry disease often cause long diagnostic delays and multiple misdiagnoses. Therefore, specialists involved in the clinical evaluation of non-specific upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms should recognize Fabry disease as a possible cause of the symptoms, and should consider Fabry disease as a possible differential diagnosis...
March 1, 2018: Digestive and Liver Disease