pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) is a rare complication of transvaginal oocyte retrieval. it may result in failure of assisted reproductive techniques (art). during a 7 years period, 5958 transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrievals resulted in 10 cases of acute pid. eight out of 10 patients were diagnosed infertile because of endometriosis. two patients had mild ovarian, 3 had stage iii, ...

crohn’s disease (cd) is rarely presented with lower gi bleeding (lgib) which eludes the clinician. a 25-year-old lady with severe rectorrhagia was presented with no history of constipation, diarrhea or abdominal pain. colonoscopy revealed ulcers in the rectum, sigmoid colon, and terminal ileum. crohn’s pathologic features were detected in the terminal ileum. the bleeding was controlled via supp...

roaccutaneâ® (isotretinoin) is used for the treatment of severe forms of acne resistant to adequate standard therapy. inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is described as a possible adverse drug reaction in the product information of isotretinoin. in a case study, we report the case of a 30 year old woman with a history of bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain and severe folliculitis/acne which had been ...

background: fecal calprotectin (fc) has been suggested as a noninvasive substitute marker to determine the degree of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). the aim of this study was to compare fc levels in ibd and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), to show its discriminative value and relationship with clinical disease activity in patients with ibd. materials an...

μalakoplakia is a rare inflammatory condition of the urogenital tract. the most frequently affected organ is urinary bladder. this condition has features of a granulomatous inflammation, the pathogenesis of which is not well understood. in this study, we presented a case of urinary bladder malakoplakia associated with advanced obstructive uropathy and renal failure.

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is an irregular response of immune system accompanied with different inflammatory manifestations including alterations in cytokines. probiotics are non-pathogenic organisms with probable effects in various conditions such as inflammation. the present study hypothesized whether oral intake of bifidobacterium and lactobacillus in form of probiotic yogurt may repre...

the aim of this study was to test the therapeutic efficacy of sodium alginate in a rat model of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (tnbs)-induced inflammatory bowel disease. this experiment was carried out using 77 sprague-dawley rats which were divided into six groups; normal, control, prophylactic, therapeutic and two experimental groups. rats were sacrificed 1, 2, 3 and 6 weeks after colitis indu...

background the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) varies among different societies. the aim of this study is to determine the incidence rate of ibd in kerman, a city in southeast iran. methods all medical records that indicated a new diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (uc) or crohn`s disease (cd) were retrieved from the gastrointestinal endoscopy and pathology departments of 12 centers ...

background: minimal bright red bleeding per rectum (mbrbpr) is a common complaint in adult patients. most studies have not been performed in patients with strictly minimal brbpr, and there are no evidence-based recommendations for this group of patients. materials and methods: patients with complaints as small amounts of red blood after wiping or a few drops of blood in the toilet bowl after de...

background:   case: we discuss 3 clinical cases of tubo-ovarian abscess in women with endometriosis after oocyte retrieval despite antibiotic prophylaxis between 2004 and 2011 at our center, and discuss our experience in the context of earlier reports.   conclusion: it is unclear whether antibiotic prophylaxis is necessary in these women, and which antibiotic is best. only douching with povidon...