Cobalamin deficiency as an extra intestinal manifestation ofHelicobacter pyloriinfection

Recurrent orbital myositis as an extra-intestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease.

Extra-intestinal manifestations (EIM) of Crohn's disease (CD) affect up to 35% of patients and the presence of one EIM appears to be a predisposing factor for others.1 Orbital myositis (OM) is a subgroup of idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome involving one or more extra-ocular muscles and is described as a very rare EIM of CD.2 We present the case of a 55-year-old woman, with Crohn's colit...

Lung injury as an extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease

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Multiple thyroid cysts as an extra-renal manifestation of ADPKD

A 44-year-old female with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) developed end-stage renal failure by 36 years of age and had been successfully transplanted 6 years ago. Renal transplant function was stable and current immunosuppression was with prednisolone, azathioprine and ciclosporin. Her past medical history included treatment of a middle cerebral artery berry aneurysm. The p...

Diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency.

Evaluation of indicators of cobalamin deficiency defined as cobalamin-induced reduction in increased serum methylmalonic acid.

BACKGROUND Early detection of cobalamin deficiency is clinically important, and there is evidence that such deficiency occurs more frequently than previously anticipated. However, serum cobalamin and other commonly used tests have limited ability to diagnose a deficiency state. METHODS We investigated the ability of hematological variables, serum cobalamin, plasma total homocysteine (tHcy), s...