Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL), Waldmann's disease, is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by dilated intestinal lacteals leading to lymph leakage into the small-bowel lumen and responsible for protein-losing enteropathy leading to lymphopenia, hypoalbuminemia and hypogammaglobulinemia. PIL is generally diagnosed before 3 years of age but may be diagnosed in older patie...

From May 1990 to July 1994,62 patients (22 isolated intestine [I], 29 liver and intestine [IlL], and 11 multivisceral [MV]) received 66 intestinal allografts at our center. There were 28 adults and 34 children. with ages ranging from 6 months to 58 years. Postoperative immunosuppression was with tacrolimus (FK 506), steroids. and in selected cases azathioprine (AZA). Donor and recipient procedu...

An ileocolectomy specimen was examined from a patient with graft versus host disease (GvHD). In addition to the characteristic histological features of this condition, both the small and the large intestine showed extensive destruction of mucosal tissue with survival of clusters of enterochromaffin cells. This appearance has previously been described only in the large bowel. Endocrine cells see...

Crohn's disease is a rare with chronic relapsing course. Usually begins at young age influenced by environmental, genetic, and immunological factors. Patients mostly have only intestinal changes. In addition to the gut, other organs, such as skin, joints, liver, kidneys can be affected. The type of treatment choice drugs depends on severity disease.