Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2015; 21(48): 13582-13586
Published online Dec 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i48.13582
Case report of Graves’ disease manifesting with odynophagia and heartburn
Yulia Evsyutina, Alexander Trukhmanov, Vladimir Ivashkin, Olga Storonova, Elina Godjello
Yulia Evsyutina, Alexander Trukhmanov, Vladimir Ivashkin, Olga Storonova, Department of Internal Disease Propaedeutics, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Elina Godjello, Department of Endoscopy, Russian National Center of Surgery named after B.V. Petrovsky, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Author contributions: Ivashkin V designed the report; Evsyutina Y was attending doctor for the patient; Trukhmanov A, Storonova O and Godjello E were performed image diagnosis; Ivashkin V organized the report; and Evsyutina Y wrote paper.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was approved by the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this study gave his written informed consent authorizing use and disclosure of his protected health information.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.
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Correspondence to: Vladimir Ivashkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Disease Propaedeutics, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Pogodinskaya street, 1/1, 119991 Moscow, Russia. gastro@orc.ru
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Received: April 30, 2015
Peer-review started: May 7, 2015
First decision: July 19, 2015
Revised: July 24, 2015
Accepted: October 12, 2015
Article in press: October 13, 2015
Published online: December 28, 2015
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Core Tip

Core tip: We report a clinical case of Graves’ disease manifesting with dysfunction of the esophagus and heartburn in a 61-year-old man. In the muscular layer of the esophagus we found dystrophic changes led to its atony, which was documented by endoscopy and high-resolution manometry.