ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by a chronic and recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract caused by an interaction of genetic and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE: To compare the quality and acceptance of two different oral contrast...
OBJETIVO: Estabelecer o perfil clínico-epidemiológico da tuberculose
intestinal em pacientes assistidos em um ambulatório
específico. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo e retrospectivo, no
qual foram avaliadas as principais características da população
com diagnóstico de tuberculose intestinal atendida ...
ABSTRACT Context: There is an increasing interest in the standardization of the evaluation of imaging exams, especially enterography in Crohn's disease. Objective: To compare the quality of the conventional report with the structured report in computed tomography enterography in Crohn's disease. Metho...
Background: Primary non-response and secondary loss of response (LOR) are significant problems of biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in IBD patients receiving these drugs can improve outcomes. Aim: To measure serum infliximab levels and anti-inflix...
RESUMO Objetivo: determinar o papel da ultrassonografia endoscópica (UE) em relação à ressonância magnética nuclear (RMN) e ao exame sob anestesia (ESA) no manejo de pacientes com doença de Crohn fistulizante perianal. Métodos: estudo observacional transversal com pacientes com doença de Crohn...
Abstract Crohn disease is defined as a chronic inflammatory and idiopathic process that can affect any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. The small intestine is the most frequently affected place, so small bowel morphology investigation is often mandatory.For decades small bowel was almost inaccessib...
The endoscopic capsule is classically used in the study of occult bleeding, but has recently been shown
to be useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of Crohn’s disease. The retention of the capsule is the most
frequent complication related to its use. We report the case of a 30-year-old male patient wit...
Proposition: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory process that affects various parts of the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus with unknown etiology and variable clinical presentation. CD diagnosis is based on clinical and complementary tests. Among the complementary tests, ente...
Muito do diagnóstico e tratamento das patologias do intestino delgado tem sido discutido e estudado na última década, desde a introdução da cápsula endoscópica na prática médica. Esta importante inovação tecnológica possibilitou o rompimento da última fronteira endoscópica do trato digestiv...
