inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is the term used for a group of diseases with yet unknown etiology, prevalence of which is increasing almost everywhere in the world. the disease was almost non-existent four decades ago in the east, including the middle-east, while now a days it is seen more and more. in addition to the increasing prevalence, our knowledge about its pathogenesis, clinical cours...

background: besides medical therapy, surgical interventions plays an important role in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd), but they also involve complications and advantages. this study was undertaken to determine the characteristics and outcome of surgery in patients with ibd. â  methods: all the files of the patients admitted in nemazee and faghihi hospitals with the final diag...

ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease are chronic, relapsing, inflammatory conditions defined by their phenotypic features. family studies have identified a clear genetic influence on disease susceptibility and expression. molecular studies have identified specific genes that predispose individuals to the development of inflammatory bowel disease. some of these genes are specific to either ulc...

Skin and ocular inflammation can co-exist in several inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, Wegener’s granulomatosis and polyarteritis nodosa. We report a case of non-diabetic necrobiosis lipoidica in whom periods of skin inflammation were associated with exacerbations of ocular inflammation in the form of intermediate uveitis and retinal vasculitis over 20 years. In...

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or dry eye, is a common ocular disease prompting millions of individuals to seek ophthalmological care. Regardless of the underlying etiology, dry eye has been shown to be associated with abnormalities in the pre-corneal tear film and subsequent inflammatory changes in the entire ocular surface including the adnexa, conjunctiva and cornea. Since the recognition of th...

Non-infectious uveitis is a potentially sight threatening disease. Along the years, several therapeutic strategies have been proposed as a means to its treatment, including local and systemic steroids, immunosuppressives and more recently, biologic agents. The introduction of biologics can be defined as a new era: biologic therapies provide new options for patients with refractory and sight thr...

background rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic inflammatory disease with extra- articular involvement. eyes in particular are one of the most common sites of involvement in rheumatoid arthritis. on the other hand, dry eye syndrome is the most common conflict in terms of management. particular studies suggested dry eye has been associated with greater rheumatoid arthritis severity, but its as...

systemic amyloidosis is a very rare complication of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). the reported cases of secondary amyloidosis in children with ibd are much fewer than those reported in adults. herein, a teenage boy with crohn’s disease is presented who developed nephrotic syndrome due to renal involvement secondary to amyloidosis, whereas the patient was under treatment with corticosteroid ...

abstract background and purpose: customer quality (cq) refers to knowledge, attitude, and skills of service-user in treatment process and this study aims to assess it in delivered care to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in tabriz city, iran, 2012. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional investigation in which the target population includes 94 patients with ibd, who had m...

ascites in the course of crohn's diseases is rare and is usually a sign of a concomitant malignancy, infection or thrombosis of portal or hepatic vein. herein, we reported on a 26-year-old man who was initially admitted with severe crohn's ileocolitis complicated by copious exudative ascites, abdominal pain and sever diarrhea. in our patient, we could not find any of the aforementioned conditio...