Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis (GIH) without pulmonary and bone marrow involvement is very rare worldwide. It can be misdiagnosed as intestinal tuberculosis or Crohn's disease. There are just few case reports of GIH in patients with a positive HIV antibody test. Here, we report a patient who presented to our hospital with repeated intestinal obstruction. The suspicious diagnosis was intestinal...

A primary metabolic disorder may be present in the colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis. Preserving the epithelium in situ, we evaluated the metabolism of the colonic mucosa of control patients and patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Colonic mucosal strips (approximately 500 mg) were incubated with partially 14C-labeled acetate (C2), butyrate (C4), hexanoate (C6)...

with small bowel sarcoidosis,3 the association between intestinal sarcoid and villous atrophy is unknown. Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis have common systemic manifestations, and the most frequently occurring cutaneous lesion to be associated with both conditions is erythema nodosum. However, cutaneous granulomas do occur in Crohn's disease, though rarely in areas which are not a direct extensi...

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. It is triggered by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Gluten is a storage protein in wheat, rye, and barley, which are staples in many American diets. Celiac disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the small intestinal mucosa, which leads to atrophy of the small intestinal villi a...