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Updates on bone health in children with gastrointestinal diseases [PDF]
Chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, malabsorption syndromes (e.g., intestinal lymphangiectasia, celiac disease, congenital chloride diarrhea, cystic fibrosis), and postsubtotal gastrectomy state or short-bowel syndrome ...
Hye Ran Yang
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Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy with a history of malabsorption: a tale of two cases
Acquired copper deficiency is rare but often seen among patients with intestinal malabsorption syndromes. Often times, these patients can develop myeloneuropathies with copper deficiency as an elusive culprit.
Anum Qureshi +2 more
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OSTEOPENIA IN CHILDREN WITH MALABSORPTION SYNDROM [PDF]
Introduction. Malabsorption syndromes result in the disturbance of bone normal development and function. Objective. The assessment of bone density in children with malabsorption syndromes. The analysis of risk factors for osteopenia.
Tania Elena Rusu +5 more
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Whipple's disease: A case report [PDF]
Introduction. Whipple's disease is a chronic, multisystem, infectious disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei. It most commonly affects Caucasian males, middle-aged.
Popović Dušan Đ. +7 more
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Absorption and metabolism of vitamin D in health and in gastrointestinal tract diseases
Over the past decades, we have witnessed many remarkable advances in understanding the impact of vitamin D on human health. There is an exponential growth of new data covering both the fundamental biology of vitamin D and the clinical implications of ...
E. A. Pigarova +2 more
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A case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome, also known as Cast syndrome, Wilkie's syndrome, or duodenal ileus, is a rare condition involving compression of the duodenum between the aorta and the SMA, primarily attributed to loss of the intervening ...
Shiavax J Rao, MD +3 more
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Wernicke encephalopathy after sleeve gastrectomy
The article describes the case of a patient with Wernicke encephalopathy, which developed 3 months after the sleeve gastrectomy. An MRI of the brain was performed to verify the diagnosis, which revealed a symmetrical non-uniform increase in the MR signal
A. E. Neimark +2 more
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During the last two decades, a large body of information on the events responsible for intestinal fat digestion and absorption has been accumulated. In particular, many groups have extensively focused on the absorptive phase in order to highlight the ...
Emile Levy +5 more
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SUMMARY Treatment-refractory hypothyroidism is a common clinical finding. Substantial causes include poor compliance and intake failure as well as gastrointestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease and short bowel syndromes.
Albert Topf +7 more
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Bilateral Corneal Ulceration Caused by Vitamin A Deficiency in Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathy
Purpose: Vitamin A deficiency is a very rare condition in the developed world and can lead to a variety of ocular changes from xerosis and xerophthalmia to corneal ulcer and perforation. The treatment of this devastating disease is simple and inexpensive.
Alex P. Lange +4 more
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