Title of article :
Ulcerative Colitis Following Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation
Author/Authors :
Sadeghi, Anahita Digestive Disease Research Center - Digestive Disease Research Institute - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Bastani, Pouya Department of Internal Medicine - Shariati Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Mohamadnejad, Mehdi Liver and Pancreatobiliary Research Center - Digestive Disease Research Institute - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Inflammatory bowel disease following a solid organ transplantation while the patient is receiving immunosuppressive therapy is a rare phenomenon. Here we present a 48-year-old man who underwent cardiac transplantation 9 years earlier and was receiving cyclosporine as immunosuppressive therapy since then, presenting with complaints of rectorrhagia and diarrhea. In follow-up, he was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis. We also reviewed the literature for similar cases, which yielded very few similar ones.
Keywords :
Pancreas , Tuberculosis , Biopsy , Fine-Needle , Endosonography
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
