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BACKGROUND
Crohn's disease is a relapsing, systemic inflammatory disease affecting the gastrointestinal tract with associated extraintestinal manifestations and immune disorders. Among the few cases reported, the association of Crohn's disease with polymyositis varies in its complexity and severity.
The human trichinosis is a cosmopolitan rare zoonosis in Mexico. It presents clinically, with an infectious toxic pattern. Typical symptomatology includes: fever, diarrhea, facial edema and myalgias, which can resemble other illnesses like typhoid fever, angioneurotic edema, septicemia, rheumatic
A 37-year-old woman developed polymyositis and arthritis concomitantly with proteinuria and watery diarrhea. Repeated duodenal biopsies and serological evaluation established the diagnosis of adult celiac disease. Treatment with gluten-free diet resolved all clinical and laboratory abnormalities. We
We report the case of a 28-year old asthmatic female patient, who developed an acute heart failure beginning with diarrhea, fever, and dyspnea 5 weeks after delivery. After improvement of all vital functions and dismissal from hospital care unit a marked blood hypereosinophilia, left ventricular
The antimalarials, mainly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, derive from the quinoleine core of quinine. Their initial therapeutic indication was the treatment of malaria attacks but, because of anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulatory activities, they have been since used to treat many other
The clinical and laboratory data for 15 patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) (5 females and 10 males aged 3 years and 6 months to 40 years at first examination) were evaluated. The age of onset of infectious signs and symptoms ranged from 6 months to 35 years. Recurrent pulmonary
OBJECTIVE
Gastrointestinal involvement in adult dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) is usually mild, resulting from myoenteric dismotility. Severe inflammation of the alimentary tract in cases of adult DM and PM is rare. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and clinical
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have radically changed the landscape of anti-tumor therapies in several malignancies. However the adverse events associated with immune checkpoint blockade in combination with other treatments remains to be thoroughly documented. Here we report the case of OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical and motility findings in 62 patients with systemic sclerosis or related disorders referred for evaluation of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms.
METHODS
Methods included retrospective clinical record review and quantitation of