Publications by authors named "Ibrahim N Al-Teimi"

Background/aim: To determine the epidemiology of Crohn's disease (CD) in an outpatient clinic and compare it with data previously reported from different centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and outside.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of all patients with CD seen in the clinic in the period from January 1993 through December 2007 were reviewed. The demographic, clinical data and methods of diagnosis were retrieved.

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Granular cell tumour (GCT) is a rare soft tissue neoplasm commonly encountered in the head and neck region, skin and subcutaneous tissue. GCT of the biliary system is most commonly reported in African-American females and usually presents as abdominal pain and obstructive jaundice. The neoplasm constitutes less than 10% of all benign tumours of the extra-hepatic biliary tree.

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Objective: Bleeding peptic ulcer constitutes approximately half of the cases admitted with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Although the bleeding episode stops spontaneously in most of them, rebleeding occurs in as much as 10-30% of them and has a mortality rate of 5-10%. In this study, we have evaluated the possible significant predictors associated with this adverse outcome.

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