Successful use of adalimumab for treating fistulizing Crohn's disease with pyoderma gangrenosum: Two birds with one stone.

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting autoinflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that has many intestinal and extraintestinal complications. The purpose of treatment is long-term remission, reduction of complications, and improvement of patients' quality of life. In many cases, this can be quite challenging and it is necessary to have a well thought out management strategy.

Characteristics of interstitial lung disease in SS-A positive/Jo-1 positive inflammatory myopathy patients.

The strongest predictive factor for the development of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in myositis (IIM) patients is the presence of different antisynthetase antibodies. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical characteristics, radiological findings and therapeutic response between the anti-SS-A positive and negative antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) patients. A prospective study of 315 IIM patients was conducted including 27 anti-Jo-1 positive ASS patients.

[Successful renal transplantation following lung transplantation: a survey of the first Hungarian case].

The authors review the case of their young patient, who underwent a lung transplantation in Vienna because of an end stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. During the prolonged postoperative phase renal failure full of complications developed, which necessitated haemodialysis. As the pulmonological rehabilitation was complete, but the regular dialyses considerably raised the risk of opportunistic infections, and also significantly reduced the quality of life of the patient, renal transplantation was performed in Debrecen four years after the lung transplantation.

[The role of volume reduction surgery in the therapy of early stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

The role of volume reduction surgery in the therapy of early stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Assessment of COPD severity is based on the level of patient's symptoms, the severity of the spirometric abnormality and the presence of complications, such as respiratory failure, and right heart failure.