Inflammatory Bowel Disease Across the Age Continuum: Similarity and Disparity.

Objectives: To identify similarities and differences between the pediatric-onset and adult-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) based cohorts and further characterize the pediatric cohort.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of pediatric patients attending the tertiary referral care gastroenterology center from 2004 to 2016 was conducted. All the patients were clinically evaluated, investigated and followed up at the centre.

Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Immunocompetent Host.

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a devastating syndrome due to uninhibited immune activation. Disseminated histoplasmosis is a rare cause of HLH. There have been few case reports and series demonstrating a relation between the two disease entities in immunosuppressed hosts.