BACKGROUND Inflammatory/hyperplastic small-bowel polyps (SBPs) occur either sporadically or in patients with a polyposis syndrome; however, comparison between these two settings of the histological features of SBPs has not been reported and the etiology of sporadic inflammatory/hyperplastic SBPs remains unclear. METHOD Twenty-eight cases of sporadic inflammatory/hyperplastic SBPs and nine cas...

INTRODUCTION Bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome is rare systemic diseases characterized by a prodrome of fever, chills, and influenza-like symptoms with subsequent skin eruptions, myalgias, and polyarthralgias. It is reported to be occurred in Intestinal bypass surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. CASE DESCRIPTION Herein, we described a 29-years-old man with Bowel-associated de...

PURPOSE To report a 16-year long-term follow-up of a patient with acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis (Blumenkranz syndrome). A 21-year old male was seen in 1994 with acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis (Blumenkranz syndrome), first in the left eye, and later in the right eye. He was treated with retinal photocoagulation in areas of retinal ischemia and oral steroids, fo...

BACKGROUND The natural history of irritable bowel syndrome is unclear, including the likelihood that these patients will be diagnosed with an alternative organic or functional gastrointestinal disorder. Understanding the stability of an irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis may limit repeated diagnostic evaluation among these patients. METHODS The inclusion criteria included observational longit...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by hamartomatous polyps in the small bowel and mucocutaneous pigmentation. Patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome often present as surgical emergencies with complications of the polyps, such as intussusception, bowel obstruction and bleeding. Furthermore, repeated operations may be needed in some patients, which may ...

s, Posters, Oral Presentations & Awards Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris, P., Gillanders, D. "Acceptance of irritable bowel syndrome as a mediator between anxiety and outcomes in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)‖. Gut, UEGW abstracts Supplement, A139. -Poster presented at the 18 th United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Spain, October 2010. Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris,...

purpose: to report a case of hermansky-pudlak syndrome (hps). case report: a 7-year-old boy presented with marked generalized hypopigmentation, eye deviation and nystagmus. in addition he had history of easy bruising. visual acuity was 20/200. he had markedly translucent green irides, hypermetropic astigmatism, horizontal nystagmus and marked exotropia. funduscopy revealed a hypopigmented retin...

A 68-year-old male patient was diagnosed with the Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO) syndrome accompanied by vertical gaze paralysis due to multiple hemorrhagic foci in the mesencephalon and pons as a result of hypertensive microangiopathy. The hemorrhagic foci could not be detected with standard MRI sequences, but were shown with the susceptibilityweighted imaging (SWI) ...

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no3/02-0208-app.htm[7/26/2010 4:55:29 PM] Appendix: Important Anthroponoses, Zoonoses, and Sapronoses1 Anthroponoses Measles*; rubella; mumps; influenza; common cold; viral hepatitis; poliomyelitis; AIDS*; infectious mononucleosis; herpes simplex; smallpox; trachoma; chlamydial pneumonia and cardiovascular disease*; mycoplasmal infections*; typhoid fever; chole...