Steroid-Induced Pancreatitis: A Challenging Diagnosis

Infliximab induced liver injury in Crohn's disease: a challenging diagnosis.

A 24-year-old male patient with a 6-year history of Crohn's disease (A2L1B2, Montreal classification),1 in remission for 4 years with mesalazine, was admitted in September 2010 complaining of abdominal pain and cramps. Physical examination revealed slight and diffuse abdominal pain. Entero-magnetic resonance revealed terminal ileitis and, thus, budesonide (9 mg/day) and azathioprine (2.5 mg/kg/...

Foreign body-induced acute pancreatitis: ultrasonographic diagnosis.

Familial hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis: A case report

Acutepancreatitis can infrequently be a life-threatening complication of hypertriglyceridemia. Rarely, hypertriglyceridemia can originate from an inborn genetic error in lipoproteins metabolism. This condition can be manifested by very high serum triglyceride levels (>1000 mg/dl) and a more severe and lethal form of pancreatitis. Here, we present a case of acute pancreatic which was found out t...

Sporadic pseudohypoaldosteronism: A challenging diagnosis

Introduction: Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) is a rare form of salt­wasting syndrome, caused by peripheral resistance to aldosterone. PHA is of three types: PHA type 1, 2, 3. Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is further differentiated into, (i) hereditary forms, autosomal recessive and dominant, which are caused by epithelial sodium channel and mineralocorticoid receptor mutations respective...

Cardiac amyloidosis: a challenging diagnosis

Cardiovascular involvement of amyloidosis is present in 90% of cases, which is frequently associated with the primary form of the disease (AL amyloidosis). Clinical manifestations are represented by heart failure due to restrictive myocardiopathy and electrical impulse conduction abnormalities, which are clinically remarkable in up to 50% of the cases. The prognosis of patients with systemic am...