Amebiasis is the third most common parasitic infection worldwide, with around 500 million infections [1] and 100,000 deaths per year [2]. Although asymptomatic in 90% of cases [3], amebiasis may present with intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations. Pleuropulmonary disease is the second most common extraintestinal manifestation after liver abscess. We report herein a case of pleuropulmonar...

Two children are reported in whom intestinal pseudo-obstruction was the initial manifestation of systemic sclerosis. Gastrointestinal symptoms and skin changes resolved or improved in both children following treatment with prednisone and penicillamine (case 1) or methotrexate (case 2), although radiological changes of the gastrointestinal tract persisted at 3 and 2 yr of follow-up, respectively.

A 67-year-old Japanese man with neurofibromatosis type 1 underwent right hemicolectomy owing to abscess formation around the cecum. A pathological analysis revealed diffuse intestinal ganglioneuromatosis in the cecum and colon. Colonoscopy performed eight months after hemicolectomy revealed multiple ulcers throughout the colon and rectum. The colorectal ulcers failed to respond to conservative ...

chronic "obstruction. Acute obstruction super" venes as a late symptom in these conditionReferences to annular strictures due to granul?' matous ulcers with no definite specific aetiolog) causing acute intestinal obstruction are rareOut of 30 cases of intestinal obstruction fro111 1932 to 1940 only three cases of annular s^r1^' ture due to granulomatous ulcers were foundIn 1932 Crohn described ...

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Whipple's disease (WD) is a rare systemic disease of infectious etiology which involves the small intestine but can virtually affect any organ. We present here five cases (four males and one female) ranging in age from 20 to 59 years. All patients had intestinal involvement associated or not with clinical manifestations linked to this organ. Vegetation in the tricuspid valve was observed in one...

INTRODUCTION Crohn's disease is a disease involving the whole gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus. Oral lesions are considered to be an important extraintestinal manifestation. Granulomatous cheilitis has been recognized as an early manifestation of Crohn's disease. It may follow, coincide with or precede the onset of Crohn's disease. The aim of this presentation is to describe a ...

Amoeboma is a rare manifestation of intestinal amoebiasis. More than 90% of patients with intestinal amoebiasis have a history of diarrhoea. This report describes the case of a 60-year-old patient who presented with a right iliac fossa (RIF) mass with normal bowel habits and was eventually diagnosed with an amoeboma. In developing countries, a traditional differential diagnosis for an RIF mass ...