Although the etiology of ulcerative colitis remains unknown, it has recently been emphasized that immunologic mechanisms play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disease. Serum from patients with ulcerative colitis contain heterogenous antibodies that react with colon from newborn and adult ...
This report highlights the occurrence of autoimmune thyroid disease during UC exacerbations. Notably, the patient displayed petrified auricles. Case Summary. A 57-year-old male complained of sustained abdominal pain, diarrhea, hematochezia, and mucus for a duration of 20 days. The diagnosis of UC...
Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) often exhibit susceptibilities to multiple autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren's syndrome, primary sclerosing cholangitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. This propensity likely stems from common pathogenic mechanisms underlying immune-...
Cogan's Syndrome in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease--A Case Series. diseaseulcerativecolitisCogan's syndrome (CSy) is a very rare autoimmune disorder, mainly affecting the inner ear and the eye, and is associated with ... Stephan,R,Vavricka,... - 《Journal of Crohns & Colitis》 ...
These diseases are related to heredity and autoimmune diseases (Lee et al., 2007). Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), collectively known as IBD, are increasing worldwide (Lee et al., 2019). Although the main manifestations of UC and CD have many common clinicopathological ...
The coexistence of ulcerative colitis (UC) with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is relatively rare in clinical practice. Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) encompass Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), presenting clinically at two extremes: hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. AITD...
Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disease. This means that the immune system, which is supposed to attack foreign things that get inside our bodies, instead attacks a part of the body.In ulcerative colitis, the bowel bacteria provoke the immune system to attack the wall of the intestine ...
colitis where the incidence of carcinoma is far less; 2) cell mediated immunity (immunologic surveillance) is intact in ulcerative colitis but depressed in granulomatous colitis; and 3) similar immune phenomena are not present in patients with colon cancer without inflammatory bowel disease. ...
Her illness was characterized by fluctuating blood eosinophilia, chronic persistent hepatitis and hypersensitivity to sulphasalazine. She subsequently developed auto-immune thyroid disease. The inter-relationships of these various disorders are discussed.关键词:...
colitis and related autoimmune disorders. Table of contents (58 chapters) Front Matter Pages i-xviii Download chapterPDF Epidemiology Front Matter Pages 1-1 Download chapterPDF The Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Grace N. Gathungu, Judy H. Cho...