inflammatory bowel diseases are one of the important reasons of the referral to gi practitioners in our country and ulcerative colitis is the more frequent type of these disease in iran. in this study 200 cases of ulcerative colitis, which has been referred to imam khomeini hospital during that last 5 year, were studied. data was collected using the patient's records and face to face inter...

We report two cases of pan-proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis who some time postoperatively developed an obstructive uropathy with the clinical and radiological features of retroperitoneal fibrosis. The incidence of this complication appears to be around 10% and the possibility of such a diagnosis should be borne in mind in any patient who has non-specific symptoms after surgery for ulcerat...

Background: Disaccharidase (DS) deficiencies have been reported in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the relationship between duodenal inflammation and DS deficiency has not evaluated outside of lactase deficiency. Methods: This study assessed levels IBD who underwent endoscopy assessment activity. Records were reviewed for subtype, pathology findings, results analys...

Colonoscopic evaluation is an important tool in the evaluation of ulcerative colitis (UC). UC is divided by disease extent into proctitis, proctosigmoiditis, left-sided colitis, and pan-colitis. In addition, a cecal or peri-appendiceal patch and backwash ileitis are associated with UC. The extent and behavior of UC has been characterized further using various indices and scoring systems; among ...

In the present manuscript a case of 61 years old man with form unclear colitis is reported. The patient presented to our hospital history prolonged diarrhea and consequent profound dehydration after treatment an immunotherapeutic cycle Rituximab for B cell lymphoma. An endoscopic pan-colonic examination was performed some intestinal randomized biopsies were done as confirm clinic hypothesis col...


 Health Canada has approved 7 targeted immune modulators for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, which include 5 biologics (adalimumab, infliximab, golimumab, ustekinumab, and vedolizumab) 2 small molecules (tofacitinib ozanimod). Biosimilars adalimumab infliximab generics tofacitinib are currently available in Canadian market; however, although their paten...

BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis is classically described as a condition originating in the rectum and extending proximally towards the cecum. In recent years, a discontinuous peri-appendiceal lesion has been described. Our aim was to evaluate the risk of progression to pancolitis in patients presenting with an isolated peri-appendiceal lesion on ileocolonoscopy. METHODS Endoscopy databases at t...