Publications by authors named "M Duknic"
Article Synopsis
- - Crohn's disease (CD) is a rising chronic inflammatory bowel condition that's tough to diagnose due to unclear criteria, often needing teamwork between doctors and pathologists.
- - The disease typically shows transmural inflammation and can include rare features like Schaumann bodies (SB), which are seldom found in CD cases (around 10%).
- - A case of a 4-year-old girl with severe symptoms led to the discovery of SB in her gastric mucosa, helping to confirm her diagnosis of early-onset CD and demonstrating the need to differentiate it from similar diseases.
Crohn's disease (CD) is a progressive, multifactorial, immune-mediated disease characterized by chronic inflammation of any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Pediatric patients present with a more extensive form of the disease, especially in the upper GI tract with various histopathological inflammatory patterns. Our study aims to analyze the clinical, laboratory, endoscopic, and histopathological findings in children with diagnosed CD and compare results on the initial and follow-up tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an immune-mediated esophageal disease with rising incidence. While proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the first-line treatment, a significant proportion of patients do not respond. This study aimed to determine if the EoE Histology Scoring System (EoEHSS) can predict PPI responsiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Actinomycosis (ACM) is a rare infectious granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces, a Grampositive, filamentous, saprophytic bacteria. There are several types of pediatric ACM, such as orocervicofacial (55%) and other less common forms: abdominopelvic and thoracic. We report a case of a 16-year-old who presented with abdominal ACM in the setting of acute appendicitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExact and simultaneous measurements of mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and cardiac output (CO) are crucial to calculate pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), which is essential to define pulmonary hypertension (PH). Simultaneous measurements of mPAP and CO are not feasible using the direct Fick (DF) method, due to the necessity to sample blood from the catheter-tip. We evaluated a modified DF method, which allows simultaneous measurement of mPAP and CO without needing repetitive blood samples.
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