Publications by authors named "Eman Aljohani"
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- A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of colonoscopy in diagnosing lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) in Saudi children over a decade, utilizing data from King Fahad Medical City.
- Pediatric patients aged 0-14 years who underwent colonoscopy for LGIB were analyzed, revealing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as the most common cause (32%), with other conditions like colonic lymphonodular hyperplasia (CLNH) and juvenile polyps following.
- The results indicated high diagnostic accuracy for colonoscopy, with a sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 100%, highlighting its effectiveness in identifying the underlying causes of LGIB in this population.
BACKGROUND Heterotaxy is a syndrome of abnormal arrangement of the internal thoracic-abdominal structures across the left-right axis of the body. It is a primary disorder with 2 main settings - bilateral left sidedness (polysplenia syndrome) or right sidedness (asplenia syndrome) - although some overlapping or uncertainties may occur. Patients with right heterotaxy typically present with asplenia, complex heart disease, and other thoracoabdominal organ situs abnormalities.
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