Publications by authors named "Roumieh G"
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- Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to complications in multiple body systems, including autoimmune disorders like Takayasu arteritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
- A case study highlights a 32-year-old man with a long history of ulcerative colitis who also developed ankylosing spondylitis and Takayasu's disease, showing significant improvement after treatment with infliximab.
- The report emphasizes the importance of recognizing these coexisting conditions to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes for patients with complex autoimmune diseases.
Introduction: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune hematological disorder characterized by low platelet level due to its destruction through autoimmune antibodies. Cerebral venous thrombosis is a serious condition defined by a thrombosis in the cerebral venous sinuses that occurs mostly in the presence of a hypercoagulable state. Hemorrhage and thrombosis are processes with a paradoxical etiology; thus, the association between these two conditions seems to be extremely rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease. Although it is well known that patients with myasthenia gravis have a higher incidence of other autoimmune disorders, however, its association with pituitary adenomas is extremely rare. We believe that our case represents the 8 of this association and the 2 case involving a GH-secreting adenoma.
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