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Gastroenterology / Review
Recent trends in diagnostic techniques for inflammatory bowel disease
Makoto Naganuma, Naoki Hosoe, Takanori Kanai, Haruhiko Ogata
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(3):271-278. Published online April 29, 2015
Although ileocolonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and is useful for assessing the disease severity in the colon and terminal ileum, several alternative diagnostic techniques have been developed recently. For ulcerative colitis (UC), magnification colonoscopy, ..
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Case Report
Takayasu arteritis associated with ulcerative colitis and optic neuritis: first case in Korea
Jung Yoon Pyo, Jin Su Park, Chang Ho Song, Sang Won Lee, Yong Beom Park, Soo Kon Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(4):491-496. Published online July 1, 2013
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis that affects the aortic arch and its primary branches. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology. Patients diagnosed with both TA and UC have rarely been reported. The pathogenesis of TA and UC is uncertain, but ce..
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Case Report
A case of hemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with fulminant ulcerative colitis superinfected by cytomegalovirus
Jun Il Mun, Sung Jae Shin, Byung Hyun Yu, Jee Hoon Koo, Dong Hoon Kim, Ki Myoung Lee, Kwang Jae Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(3):352-355. Published online May 1, 2013
Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is an uncommon hematological disorder that manifests as fever, splenomegaly, and jaundice, with hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow and other tissues pathologically. Secondary HPS is associated with malignancy and infection, especially viral infection. The prevalence..
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Original Article
Helicobacter pylori Infection and Peptic Ulcer Disease in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Dong Joon Kim, Hak Yang Kim, Sung Jung Kim, Tae Ho Hahn, Myoung Kuk Jang, Gwang Ho Baik, Jin Bong Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Myung-Seok Lee, Choong Kee Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):16-21. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsWe investigated the prevalence and relationship of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori infection to liver cirrhosis. MethodsWe examined 288 patients with liver cirrhosis, 322 patients w..
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