inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) were systemic disorders involving many organ systems. besides intestinal manifestations, extra intestinal manifestations (eims) including neurologic complications have been reported among 6%-40% of ibd patients. ulcerative colitis (uc) was a subtype of ibd only affecting the colonic mucosa and sub mucosa. although the eims of uc could affect any organ system, c...

PRIMARY sclerosing cholangitis, stenosing cholangitis, fibrosing cholangitis, chronic obliterative cholangitis are all terms referring to a rare diffuse type ofchronic inflammation of the entire common bile duct and at times of the hepatic ducts and their radicles. In most instances, sclerosing cholangitis is idiopathic or primary. Bartholomew et al., in 1963 found only twenty unequivocal cases...

BACKGROUND Appreciating the utility of published diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis, when compared to the characteristics of patients clinically managed as having disease, informs and refines ongoing clinical practice. METHODS Comparative retrospective descriptive evaluation of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis including dedicated radiology review. RESULTS 66 subjects with ...

1 Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Danube University Krems, Krems; 2 Neurological Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria, Europe. Correspondence: Josef Finsterer; Postfach 20;w 1180 Vienna, Austria Europe; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received 18 July 2011; Received in final form 16 August 2011; Accepted 23...

It is suspected that the pathogenesis of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is still unknown, although it has become recognized as a distinct entity worldwide. The characteristic findings in most cases of AIP can be summarized as follows: (i) mild abdominal symptoms, usually without acute attacks of pancreatitis; (ii) occasional existence of obstructive jaundice; (iii) increased levels of serum gamm...

A variety of diseases are included under the umbrella term ‘cholangitis’, including hepatobiliary diseases with an autoimmune pathogenesis (such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and IgG4-associated sclerosing cholangitis) and disease processes associated with intraductal stones and infectious etiologies (such as ascending bacterial cholangitis, recurrent pyogenic ...

conclusions this study showed that the frequency of bilin was low among iranian patients with psc. high bilirubin and ca19-9 can be predictors of the development of bile duct epithelial changes in patients with psc. background primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc) as one of the most common chronic cholestatic liver diseases is a main predisposing factor for the development of cholangiocarcinoma ...

conclusions in selected recipients with psc, dd reconstruction is a safe and efficacious technique, with long-term clinical outcomes comparable to ryh. background while roux-en-y hepaticojejunostomy (ryh) is the common anastomotic technique for liver transplantation (lt) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc), duct-to-duct (dd) reconstruction may be used if the recipient common b...