Mesalazine-Induced Myopericarditis in a Patient with a Recent Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease: Apropos of a Case by Michele Sorleto, Stefanie Dürrwald, Marcus Wiemer

“…Mesalazine- (5-aminosalicylic acid-) containing products are a well-known treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, often as first line. Myocarditis is recognized as a very rare possible side effect of this drug treatment. …”
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Intussusception Caused by Cecal Duplication in an Adult: A Case Report by Eric Bergeron, Normand Gervais

“…A 19-year-old female presented with acute abdominal pain and bowel occlusion in relation with an ileocecal intussusception. …”
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Colonoscopic Splenic Injury: A Simplified Radiologic Approach by Tara Chen, Qiu Tong, Alexander Kurchin

“…Colonoscopy is a commonly performed procedure for diagnosis and treatment of large bowel diseases. Recognized complications include bleeding and perforation. …”
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2009 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Educational Needs Assessment Report by Alaa Rostom, Sandra Daniels

“…Similar to previous years, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) topics – particularly Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) therapeutics, and difficult IBD cases – were most in demand for future educational events. …”
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Ilececum: A Comprehensive Review by Shou-jiang Tang, Ruonan Wu

“…Ileal intubation is indicated in certain circumstances such as suspected inflammatory bowel disease and GI bleeding. There is much pathology that can be observed within the ileocecum. …”
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Pouchitis by W. R. Schouten

“…The association with extra-intestinal manifestations further supports the hypothesis that pouchitis represents ulcerative colitis in the small bowel. All ileal reservoirs show bacterial overgrowth, especially of anaerobes. …”
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Redefining Lactose as a Conditional Prebiotic by Andrew Szilagyi

“…Lactose in dairy products is maldigested by up to 70% to 75% of the world's population and many people may therefore suffer symptoms reminiscent of irritable bowel syndrome. As a result, most research to date has concentrated on ways of improving lactose tolerance to enhance dairy as a source of nutrition. …”
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Fecal microbiota transplantation: an update on the advances in the treatment of complex diseases by Carlotta Magrì, Giuliana Calabrese, Letizia Masi, Sara Troisi, Federica di Vincenzo, Pierluigi Puca, Cristina Graziani, Loris R. Lopetuso, Valentina Petito

“…This review aims to discuss the many promising applications of FMT in intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and extraintestinal diseases such as neuropsychiatric disorders, metabolic syndrome, and autoimmune diseases. …”
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Collagenous and Lymphocytic Colitis: A Clinical and Histopathological Review by Johan Bohr, Martin Olesen, Curt Tysk, Gunnar Järnerot

“…This is a short review of the clinical findings, and epidemiological and basic observations of these relatively little described colitides belonging to the group of inflammatory bowel diseases.…”
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A Rare Presentation of Maydl’s Hernia by Elroy Patrick Weledji, Martin Mokake, Marcelin Ngowe Ngowe

“…This case highlights the importance of intraoperative examination of the intra-abdominal bowel loops proximal to the hernia sac of an incarcerated, obstructed, or strangulated hernia.…”
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Pitfalls in Labelled Leukocyte Scanning by H Hodgson, M Roddie

“…Radiolabelled leukocyte scanning is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBO). As well as determining the presence or absence of disease and its complications, the degree of inflammation may be quantified either visually or numerically following four day fecal collection. …”
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Keeping an Eye on Crohn’s Disease: Orbital Myositis as the Presenting Symptom by Carol A Durno, Robert Ehrlich, Robert Taylor, J Raymond Buncic, Peter Hughes, Anne Marie Griffiths

“…Orbital myositis, a very rare extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), likely represents a process of impaired immunoregulation related to the underlying intestinal inflammation. …”
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Prucalopride in treatment of functional chronic constipation by A. A. Sheptulin

“…Being an agonist of 5-НТ4- receptors, prucalopride stimulates motility of the large intestine and promotes more frequent bowel movements. Numerous studies confirmed that on a background of prucalopride intake in a dose of 2 or 4 mg for 4-12 wks in patients with chronic constipation defecation frequency increases and quality of life improves. …”
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Preparation for endoscopic examinations in patients with diabetes and hypoglycaemia by Konrad Lewandowski, Grażyna Rydzewska, Tomasz K. Ledwoń

“…Patients with diabetes mellitus are particularly predisposed to inadequate cleansing for endoscopy due to slowing bowel movements, dietary preparation restrictions, glucose reduction, and the resulting symptoms of hypoglycaemia. …”
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Modern potential of bismuth in gastroenterology by A. A. Sheptulin, M. A. Vise-Khripunova

“…Preparations of bismuth (first of all – bismuthate tripotassium dicitrate) can be applied as main component of helicobacter eradication modes of the second (and in some cases – the first) line, as a drug for monotherapy for acute infectious diarrhea (in particular – travellers diarrheas), and also several chronic bowel diseases (postinfectious IBS, lymphocytic and collagenous colitis). …”
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IL-1 stimulates ceramide accumulation without inducing apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells by Fadia R. Homaidan, Marwan E. El-Sabban, Iman Chakroun, Mirvat El-Sibai, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…Background: In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cytokine levels (such as interleukin-1 (IL-1)) are elevated. …”
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Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Conventions and Controversies by Natasha Chandok, Gideon M Hirschfield

“…PSC is uncommon, occurs predominantly in males and has a strong association with inflammatory bowel disease. While the pathogenesis of PSC has not been fully elucidated, emerging evidence supports roles for the innate and adaptive immune systems, and genome-wide analyses have identified several genetic associations. …”
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Degenrative Fibroid and Sclerosing Peritonitis by Michael Critchley, John Bagley, Pervis Iqbal

“…Sclerosing peritonitis is a rare condition characterised by ascites, peritoneal and bowel wall thickening. Causes reported in the literature include luteal ovarian the comas, peritoneal dialysis, peritoneal chemotherapy and liver cirrhosis. …”
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Ischemic colitis presenting as a colonic mass: a case report and diagnostic challenges by Lin Xu, Yuqi Wu, Yuqi Wu, Shangjin Li, Shangjin Li, Xinbo Chen, Dong Zhang, Boqian Chen, Shaoju Guo

“…IC can be differentiated from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis, and colorectal cancer based on symptom patterns and imaging findings. …”
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Effect of gestational age on clinical features in necrotizing enterocolitis-associated intestinal perforation by Minming Chen, Wei Feng, Jinping Hou, Xiaohong Die, Zhenhua Guo, Yi Wang

“…Furthermore, GA, sepsis, coagulopathy, CHD, and diseased bowel segment are independent factors for poor prognosis of patients with NEC-IP.…”
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