intestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon presentation of tuberculosis (tb) and has clinicopathological similarities with crohn's disease. in regions where tb is endemic clinicians must aware of this condition and fully evaluate their patients when crohn's disease is diagnosed. we recommend all pathologic specimens be evaluate effectively for tb.smear,culture and pcr for mycobacterium.tuberculosis...

Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is the syndrome associated with Mediterranean lymphoma (a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma). Many of the patients diagnosed with secretory IPSID have variable level of abnormal immunoglobulins in serum or other bodily fluids, identified as truncated alpha heavy chain globulins. Most cases are characterized by a loss of ability to synthesiz...

mitral valve regurgitation (mvr) is a common valvular disease in dogs. hydrokinetic evaluation of the blood flow within the ventricles has become possible by vector flow mapping (vfm), which shows the blood flow within the ventricles in vector and vortex flows. blood flow within the left ventricle of mvr dogs was compared at different stages of mvr and to that of normal dogs. 14 normal dogs and...

were registered citizens of Stockholm County at the time of definite diagnosis. These patients were followed up and investigated with reference to the occurrence of and outcome after treatment for anal fistulae. These fistulae were recorded in 184 patients (23 %/.). The incidence of anal fistulae increased the further distally the intestinal lesion was located. Healing followed local operation ...

Changes in small intestinal structure, cytokinetics, and function are dynamic ways in which the gut adapts to diet, disease, and damage. Adequate length provides a static 'reserve' permitting an immediate response to pathophysiological changes. The length of the small intestine from conception to adulthood using data taken from eight published reports of necropsy measurement of 1010 guts is des...

the most frequent form of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in dogs is represented, histologically, by lymphoplasmacytic enteritis (lpe), a histological category, often associated with other morphologic alterations including lymphangiectasia (le). however, literature data on this latter topic are quite scarce and have mostly been obtained in single reports or in small series. currently, there ar...

There is a recognised association between the "microscopic" forms of colitis and coeliac disease. There are a variety of subtle small intestinal changes in patients with "latent" gluten sensitivity, namely high intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) counts, abnormal mucosal permeability, and high levels of secretory IgA and IgM antibody to gliadin. These changes have hitherto not been investigated in...