Abstract
We report a case of 13-year-old-girl with Rett's syndrome and effectiveness of gastrostomy
for severe paradoxical respiration, seizures and abdominal distention. Since the age
of 3, she was observed to have typical hand-washing movement and autistic behavior.
At the age of 8, she began to have hyperventilation and seizures in awake stage. Her
symptoms were worse from year to year. At the age of 13, gastrostomy was done to treat
severe abdominal distention. Her symptoms were improve dramatically by the gastric
air removal through gastrobutton.
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