Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the term given to a heterogeneous group of chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (GI). These include ulcerative colitis (UC), where the inflammatory process involves only the intestinal mucosa, and Crohn's disease (CD), where it can involve the entire wall of the GI in all of its sections. In addition to typical gastrointestinal complaints, IBD manifests with a range of extraintestinal symptoms involving inter alia the eyes, joints, skin, liver and biliary tract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathological gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) is one of the most common complications that results in the aftermath of treatment of congenital oesophageal atresia (EA). The aim of this study is to present a case of a 7-year-old girl with severe gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) operated on in the neonatal period due to EA with a lower tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TEF). The patient, despite the use of adequate conservative treatment, clinically and in the endoscopic examination was diagnosed with severe oesophagitis (LA-D in the Los Angeles classification).
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