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Disaccharidase activity in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

BACKGROUND/AIMS The etiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is multifactorial and not well explained. Environmental, genetic, and dietary factors play an important role. The aim of the study was the evaluation of lactase, saccharase, and maltase activity in patients with IBD. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 65 children, aged 3-18 years. During a routine endoscopy, we to...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Intestinal disaccharidase activity in rosacea.

Recently intestinal disaccharidase deficiency has been identified as one cause of carbohydrate intolerance (Durand, 1958; Auricchio et al., 1963; Kern et al., 1963 ; Dahlqvist, 1964; McMichael et al., 1965; Sheehy and Anderson, 1965). The disaccharidases are produced and act within the cells of the intestinal epithelium (Miller and Crane, 1961). Enzyme deficiencies may be found singly or combin...

Perforated Appendicitis Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction in an Infant

Acute appendicitis is one of the frequently seen emergencies in the pediatric hospitals. Nevertheless, its diagnosis and management is often challenging in infants and neonates. The diagnosis is frequently made at operation performed for the complications [1-3]. We encountered a similar situation in a 2-month-old infant in whom the perforated appendicitis presented with small bowel obstruction.

Acute small bowel volvulus in a 2-month-old infant

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE Abdominal cystic lymphangiomas are rare and occur secondary to congenital malformation of the lymphatics, mostly in the mesenterium. Acute or chronic volvulus of the small bowel may occur by traction of the lymphangioma. Therapy includes resection of the lymphangioma and of the small bowel involved.