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We report a 13-yr-old boy with Crohn's disease in the upper gastrointestinal tract presenting with abdominal pain, failure to thrive, recurrent fever, iron-deficient anemia, and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Initially, latent celiac disease was suggested because of normal endoscopic findings,
Recurrent fever is frequent among children and mostly associated with viral infections inoculated via social contacts with others of the same age. Rarely, severe conditions such as hematological malignancies, pediatric rheumatoid diseases, chronic infections, or inherited recurrent fever syndromes
This study evaluated the various growth parameters among patients presenting with chronic diarrhea and highlight the most common causes of chronic diarrhea among a sample of Egyptian infants and children. This cross-sectional study included 146 patients with chronic diarrhea. They were 87 males and
BACKGROUND
Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA) is a distinct form of common food allergy characteristically induced by a combination of causative food ingestion and physical exercise. Recent investigations have documented that aspirin consumption, in place of exercise, also induces
BACKGROUND
Hand, foot, and mouth syndrome (HFMS) is a common acute illness. It is characterized by mild clinical symptoms including fever, blisters, and sores in the mouth and on the palms and soles following a 3- to 7-day incubation period. This syndrome is rarely seen in adults.
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We describe a 52-year-old woman who presented with severe diarrhea, nausea, intermittent abdominal pain and weight loss of 18 kg within ten months. Jejunal and duodenal ulcers were detected by endoscopy and multiple biopsies revealed villous atrophy of the jejunum. However, neither gliadin nor
Many cases of coeliac disease, a gastrointestinal autoimmune disorder caused by sensitivity to gluten, can remain in a subclinical stage or undiagnosed. In a significant proportion of cases (10-15%) gluten intolerance can be associated with central or peripheral nervous system and psychiatric
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Anakinra, one of the novel biological agents, is a recombinant human IL-1 receptor antagonist. It is preferred as an alternative drug for familial Mediterranean fever cases where colchicine is not sufficient or cannot be used due to its side effects. Like all other biologics,