Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare disorder affecting mainly children and adolescents, and is usually fatal. However, there is increasing evidence that the aetiology of this condition is immunological, and that immunosuppressives may prolong remission. Two cases are reported, one of which has the atypical feature of a malabsorption syndrome. This has not been previously reporte...

Radiative colitis is an enteropathy syndrome that may develop after radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis. Radiation therapy is a treatment option for cancers in that area. Symptoms start weeks to years after initial radiation dose and include diarrhea, malabsorption, abdominal pain, and nausea. Therapy involves treating symptoms and allowing the bowels to heal. In severe cases partial col...

A child is described with a previously unreported probable trisomy for a segment of the long arm of chromosome 17 responsible for some distinct clinical features. These include craniofacial and skin abnormalities, failure to thrive, partial malrotation of the gut, malabsorption, gastro-oesophageal reflux, neurodevelopmental delay, autonomic disturbance, and cardiac and CNS abnormalities. The co...

Patients 1121 patients (mean age 57 y, 64% men) who had ≥ 1 of the following: ≥ 1 histologically confirmed colorectal adenoma removed < 3 months before recruitment; ≥ 1 histologically confirmed adenoma removed ≤ 16 months before recruitment and a lifetime history of ≥ 2 confirmed adenomas; or a histologically confirmed adenoma ≥ 1 cm in diameter removed < 16 months before recruitment. Exclusion...

Patients 1121 patients (mean age 57 y, 64% men) who had ≥ 1 of the following: ≥ 1 histologically confirmed colorectal adenoma removed < 3 months before recruitment; ≥ 1 histologically confirmed adenoma removed ≤ 16 months before recruitment and a lifetime history of ≥ 2 confirmed adenomas; or a histologically confirmed adenoma ≥ 1 cm in diameter removed < 16 months before recruitment. Exclusion...

malabsorption could be a risk factor in the development of these diseases. Because bacterial metabolism alters folic acid status and intestinal bacterial colonization is altered by nutritional factors and carbohydrate malabsorption syndromes, dietary measurements should not rely solely on folic acid supplementation but should also consider carbohydrate malabsorption syndromes, especially fructo...

It is well known that some of the manifestations of carcinoma of the bronchus cannot be explained by the local effects of the malignancy or by distant metastases. The systemic manifestations of malignancy are of importance because they may occur when the lesion in the lung is clinically occult and their study may provide knowledge concerning the biological nature of malignancy itself. Recently ...

Tuberculosis is a systemic disease which involves skeletal and articular system very rarely. Osteoarticular tuberculosis commonly occurs in the vertebral column and more rarely in the sacroiliac joints. In this study, we report a 44-years-old male patient with low-grade fever, malabsorption syndrome, abdominal and pelvic ascites and low-back pain, that underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for identifying t...

Radiative colitis is an enteropathy syndrome that may develop after radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis. Radiation therapy is a treatment option for cancers in that area. Symptoms start weeks to years after initial radiation dose and include diarrhea, malabsorption, abdominal pain, and nausea. Therapy involves treating symptoms and allowing the bowels to heal. In severe cases partial col...