Frequency of low bone mineral density in Saudi patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Background/aims: Metabolic bone disease is common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our aim was to determine the frequency of bone loss among Saudi patients with IBD and possible contributing risk factors.

Settings And Design: We retrospectively reviewed Saudi patients with IBD, between 18 and 70 years of age, who had bone mass density (BMD) determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning at one of three hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2008.

Magnetic resonance imaging of pelvic and femoral bones for detection of bone marrow infiltration in patients with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Objective: Detection of the residual bone marrow (BM) involvement is essential in treatment of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Bilateral iliac crest BM biopsies appear to have low sensitivity for BM infiltration, while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents more global view of BM. This study was conducted to determine the advantage of femoral marrow MRI as a non-invasive technique over bilateral iliac crest BM biopsies in detecting BM infiltration before treatment and residual disease after completion of treatment.

Dramatic vascular course of Behcet's disease.

Vascular involvement in Behcet's disease is rare approximately 14% venous and 1.6% arterial, serious and recurrent. We report a case of Behcet's disease with deep venous thrombosis and right iliac pseudoaneurysm which was repaired with polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE graft.

Bone mineral density among postmenopausal Saudi women.

Objective: Osteoporosis is reported to be common among postmenopausal Saudi women. The reported incidence varies between 50-60%. Different machines were used to reach these conclusions.

Mesenteric cystic teratoma in children.

Mesenteric teratoma is an extremely rare tumor, arising, akin all other teratomas, from totipotent primordial cells and displays a mixture of tissues of tridermal or bidermal origin. Two cases of mature mesenteric teratoma in a 5-month-old girl and a 4-month-old boy, the youngest reported in the literature, excluding a case recently diagnosed prenatally, are described. Diagnostic tools, differential diagnosis and management are also discussed.

Thyroid tuberculosis mimicking carcinoma: report of two cases.

Among 527 patients with thyroid disease who underwent surgery at our hospital during a 20-year period, 2 (0.4%) had tuberculous thyroiditis mimicking carcinoma. The first patient was a 44-year-old man with a solitary thyroid nodule and the second was a 24-year old man with a thyroid abscess.

Clinical prediction rule for pulmonary infiltrates.

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