Spontaneous hemoperitoneum (SH) is a rare entity which can be life-threatening. Gastrointestinal neurofibromas are rare. Occasionally, such lesions may be the initial sign of NF1 in patients without any other clinical manifestations of the disease. The clinical presentations of isolated neurofibromatous lesions of the intestines are variable. In asymptomatic patient no treatment may be required...

Celiac disease (CD) is a multifactorial enteropathy induced by the ingestion of gluten in susceptible individuals. It’s widely accepted that CD is an immune-mediated enteropathy and clinical manifestations range from typical signs or symptoms of intestinal malabsorption to atypical cases with scarce gastro-intestinal symptoms and extra-intestinal manifestations. Several neurological syndromes h...

Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), can manifest themselves with intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms. Among the latter, cutaneous manifestations, such as pyoderma gangraenosum (PG) and metastatic Crohn's disease (MCD), represent a possible onset of IBD, with or without simultaneous bowel alterations. In such cases, intestinal and skin lesions are supp...

Cysticercosis cellulose are the larval forms of the Taenia solium. The definitive and intermediate host are humans and pigs respectively. To develop the disease, the eggs enter into the intestinal lumen through the autoinfection or contaminated eatables. Finally the larval forms spread to the distant sites through the blood stream after crossing the intestinal wall leading to the clinical manif...

Background & Aims: Ulcerative colitis is one of the inflammatory bowel diseases with unknown etiology. Genetic and environmental factors are thought to be effective in this disease. According to the limited studies in our country, general assessment of demographic features and clinical symptoms seems to be essential. Methods: In this prospective and cross-sectional study, 85 cases of ulcerat...