Specificity of pathologies of the digestive tract in children with connective tissue dysplasia syndrome
The article features the problem of connective tissue dysplasias in children and the role of this pathology in the development of digestive disorders. The phenotypic signs of connective tissue dysplasias on the part of the DT include: visceroptosis, the gallbladder anomalies, inclination to inflammatory diseases of the mucous membranes of stomach and intestines. The article describes clinical and morphological characteristics of the course of chronic gastroduodenitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders in children on the background of connective tissue dysplasia. Literature data show that disorders of the digestive tract in children on the background of connective tissue dysplasia are characterized by a more severe course, multiple organ involvement and polysystemic lesion of DT, a faster chronicization of the process with mild clinical symptoms