Chronic diarrhea of unknown origin

Macrophage-associated chronic diarrhea of unknown origin. Preliminary observations.

The distribution of macrophages in the colonic mucosa was investigated in 13 patients with chronic diarrhea. Group I consisted of 5 patients; both colonoscopy and colonic biopsies were reported as normal. Group II included 5 patients with normal colonoscopy, but with collagenous colitis or lymphocytic colitis at histology. Group III consisted of 3 patients with mucosal inflammation at both colo...

VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. This disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. The majority of the affected individuals were young. High grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. Other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, st...

A survey of patients with mental retardation of unknown origin

Introduction: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most prevalent genetic causes of developmental disability, representing the most frequent form of inherited severe cognitive deficit. The present study was undertaken to investigate FXS and its prevalence in moderate mentally retarded people in patients. Materials and methods: Nineteen people with moderate mental retardation (MR) who wer...

Arterial stiffness & Sri Lankan chronic kidney disease of unknown origin

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Arterial stiffness contributes to CVD risk in CKD. In many developing countries a considerable proportion of CKD remains unexplained, termed CKDu. We assessed arterial stiffness in subjects with Sri Lankan CKDu, in matched controls without CKD and in those with defined CKD. Aortic blood pressu...

Pyrexia of unknown origin.