Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) tract and can affect several parts of the digestive system. There is a relationship between impaired mucosal barrier in the GIT of inflammatory bowel disease patients and the role of bacteria such as Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in CD. Apart from different therapeutic approaches for treating CD, developm...

Amyloid is a systemic disease characterized by extracellular deposition of misfolded protein. Gastrointestinal and peritoneal light chain (AL) amyloid an under-recognized manifestation this disease, usually as late sequela. Here we present case recently diagnosed AL that presented in the context recurrent, acute onset abdominal discomfort was found to have bowel obstruction complicated perforat...

introduction gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis is an emerging infection, with fewer than 80 cases reported in the english literature. case presentation also, a few cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, accompanied by liver involvement as part of a disseminated disease, have been reported. conclusions this is the first case report of an isolated liver involvement of this fungal infecti...

chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) represents a group of inherited disorders of phagocytic system, manifesting recurrent infections at different sites. the present study was accomplished in order to determine the gastrointestinal manifestations of cgd patients. fifty-seven patients (38 males and 19 females) with cgd, who had been referred to three immunodeficiency referral centers in iran, wer...