Migrated Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Strut: A Rare Cause of Chronic Distal Pancreatitis with Likely Malignant Transformation.

BACKGROUND Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are indicated for patients with recurrent venous thrombosis despite proper anticoagulation or whenever anticoagulation is contraindicated. IVC filter deployment is an invasive procedure with various complications. One example is IVC filter limb fracture and migration, which is associated with significant morbidity and/or mortality.

Analysis of JAK2V617F mutation in Jordanian patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Objective/background: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are heterogeneous clonal bone marrow stem cell disorders and include polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) neoplasia. In 2005, the JAK2(V617F) mutation was identified in Philadelphia chromosome-negative patients. The aim of this study was to sequence coding exons 12 and 14 of the JAK2 gene in Jordanian patients with MPN.

Rheumatoid arthritis in Jordan: a cross sectional study of disease severity and associated comorbidities.

Treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to target is advocated using disease activity measures. The impact of RA on the general health status of affected patients in Jordan is not well described. This study reported the severity of RA in Jordan and its association with consequent disabilities and comorbidities.

Anti-TNF therapy in Jordan: a focus on severe infections and tuberculosis.

Background: A high rate of infection has been reported in patients receiving treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF). This study describes the rate of and risk factors for serious infections in patients receiving anti-TNF agents in Jordan.

Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted at a large tertiary referral center in the north of Jordan.

Association between vitamin B12 level and anti-parietal cells and anti-intrinsic factor antibodies among adult Jordanian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Objective: Evaluate the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with anti-parietal cell antibodies (APCA) and anti-intrinsic factor antibodies (AIFA) and their impact on vitamin B12 serum level.

Patients And Methods: One hundred patients (M/F: 43/57; age 46.5±17.

Adult primary and secondary immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a comparative analysis of characteristics and clinical course.

This study was conducted to compare the platelet count and the presence of bleeding manifestations at initial diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) between patients with primary and secondary ITP. Medical records for 67 consecutive adult patients with ITP were reviewed retrospectively and the relevant data were abstracted. Thirty-eight (56.