Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is a rare disorder, which can progress to malignancy and invasion. Herein, a male patient is presented with hypoalbuminemic ascites and a history of chronic diarrhea five years before. Small intestinal biopsy and immunohistochemical study suggested the diagnosis of IPSID; the patient was then successfully treated with antibiotics. Considering...

  Background : Approach to the small intestine has been difficult even with newer methods. Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) has been created for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in diseases of the small intestine. Small intestinal diseases have different etiologies in each country. The DBE has been introduced in recent years in Iran. Our aim was to study the indications and results of D...

objective(s): the aim of the present study is to determine the effect of chloramphenicol (cap) on rat liver and small intestine. effect of phenobarbital (pb) on cap toxicity was also investigated.   materials and methods:   rats were received cap at doses of 0, 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg. another group was pretreated with 80 mg/kg pb 30 min prior to administration of various doses of cap. the exper...

background in quran, the great, surah baghareh, verse 255, it is stated: “ who is he aware of everything and the limited knowledge of humankind originates in his unending and unlimited knowledge”. one of these sciences is the science of pharmaceutical plants. recognizing these plants plays an important role in the improvement of human society health. herbal therapy is one of the supplement meth...

background & aim:  non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) are commonly used in clinical medicine. the adverse effects they produce in the gastrointestinal tract however, often limit their utility. oxidative stress has been shown to occur in the small intestine in response to the oral administration of indomethacin. in view of this, the effect of thyme essential oil, an agent with an...

background : approach to the small intestine has been difficult even with newer methods. double-balloon enteroscopy (dbe) has been created for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in diseases of the small intestine. small intestinal diseases have different etiologies in each country. the dbe has been introduced in recent years in iran. our aim was to study the indications and results of dbe...

patients. in this disease the risk of many malignancies is increased, of which the most important is non- hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine. other malignancies include adenocarcinoma of the small intestine and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. to the best of our knowledge, thus far only one case of celiac disease associated with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has been repo...