Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
Sir James Black (1924-2010), β-blockers and liver disease.
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
Liver transplantation for multiple angiomyolipomas complicating tuberous sclerosis complex.
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic multisystem disorder characterised by widespread hamartomas in several organs, including the brain, heart, skin, eyes, kidney, lung, and liver. Hepatic multiple, bilateral angiomyolipomas are a rare and usually asymptomatic complication in patients with tuberous sclerosis. We report here the case of a patient...
Microsporidiosis: epidemiology, clinical data and therapy.
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
Microsporidiosis is an emerging and opportunistic infection in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients, children, travelers, contact lens wearers and the elderly. It is associated with a wide range of clinical syndromes of microsporidiosis in humans. The disease is caused by microsporidia, obligate intracellular microorganisms that were recently...
[Determination of colonic transit time in healthy Tunisian subjects].
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
[Collagenous gastritis and ileo-colitis occurred in autoimmune context: report of a case and review of the literature].
Published in Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique
Collagenous colitis belongs to the group of microscopic colitis. The aetiology and pathogenesis are unknown but different pathogenic hypothesis, autoimmune, infectious, alimentary and medicinal being are advanced, the last one being the most frequent aetiology. The collagenous gastritis is a rare entity and its association with collagenous colitis ...
Massive rectal bleeding distant from a blunt car trauma.
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Mesenteric trauma is one of the possible injuries caused by the use of seat belts in case of motor vehicle crash. We report here a rare case of rectal bleeding by rupture of a mesosigmoid haematoma. An emergent laparotomy revealed a mesosigmoid haematoma with a centimetric rectal perforation. The wearing of safety belts added some specific blunt ab...
Efficacy of synthetic glue treatment of high crypoglandular fistula-in-ano.
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In France, seton drainage followed by fistulotomy is currently the standard treatment for high cryptoglandular fistula-in-ano. Biological or synthetic glues, such as Glubran(®) 2, have been recently proposed for sealing the fistula tract. The purpose of this study is to determine the healing rate with glubran 2 and to assess the functional outcome ...
Targeting the TGR5-GLP-1 pathway to combat type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Incretin-based therapies have shown promise in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Here we review our current understanding of TGR5 as a target to induce glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretion. These new observations suggest that TGR5 agonists may constitute a novel approach to treat type 2 diabetes, as well as complications of diabetes, such as n...
[Complete resolution of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in a patient with autoimmune pancreatitis following treatmen...
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We report here the observation of a 60-year-old man who had an autoimmune pancreatitis revealed by a jaundice, in whom an insulin-treated diabetes mellitus, which was diagnosed one month before, completely resolved after the administration of prednisolone given to treat this symptomatic pancreatitis. Neither the symptoms, nor the diabetes have rela...
