Immunoglobulin G4-related diseases: Autoimmune pancreatitis and cholangitis.

Objective: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and cholangitis are chronic inflammatory diseases characterized by the infiltration of lymphoplasmocytic cells into the pancreas and biliary tract and fibrosis. This is often accompanied by increased serum immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) levels. An early and accurate diagnosis is extremely important because they display similar features to other malignant diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies with hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection: Review.

Background: Viruses are common and are involved in the etiology of idiopathic rheumatological diseases. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the family Hepadnaviridae and hepatitis C virus (HCV), play an important role in the undetermined etiology of arthritis. The clinical manifestations of hepatitis B and C show similarities with various diseases, such as rheumatic diseases.

Study of ideal topical pharyngeal anesthesia in upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

Background/aims: This study is designed to determine which drug forms provide ideal pharyngeal anesthesia when used during upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 180 patients were included in the study. Using the random number table, these patients were divided into three groups.

Drug-induced esophageal ulcers: case series and the review of the literature.

Backgrounds/aims: Drugs can cause several complications in the esophagus and lead to pill esophagitis. In this paper, our purpose is to share our clinical experience in light of the literature and put forward the general characteristics of pill esophagitis.

Materials And Methods: In our clinic, between January 2008 and June 2012, by excluding other factors, 48 patients were included in the study, diagnosed as drug-induced esophagitis with their history, endoscopic view, and histopathologic evaluation.

Peginterferon alfa related psoriasis in a patient with acute hepatitis C and review of the literature.

The Interferon (IFN) which is the standard treatment for Hepatitis C, may cause a lot of side effects including dermatological anomalies. This paper presents a psoriasis case which occurred in relation with the treatment of acute hepatitis C (AHC) with peginterferon alfa (peg-IFN-α). A 60-year-old male patient came to the hospital with symptoms of high liver enzymes.