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		<title>Esophageal involvement in Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis: DISCUSSION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Systemic vasculitis is generally believed to be an immune complex deposition in blood vessels. Gastrointestinal com­plications of vasculitis have been described as pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and abnormal liver enzymes. Taken in isolation, the symptoms are difficult to distinguish from in­flammatory bowel disease, infectious colitis or ischemic coli­tis, although gastrointestinal vasculitis rarely presents without other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Esophageal involvement in Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis: part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial laboratory studies revealed a white blood cell count of 10.7&#215;109/L (4.4 to 11.0&#215;109/L), hemoglobin level of 111 g/L (normocytic, normochromic) and platelet level of 599&#215;109/L. Electrolytes and liver enzyme levels were normal and her creatinine level was 98 pmol/L. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 125 mm/h. Urinalysis showed many red blood cells with no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Esophageal involvement in Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esophageal involvement in Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis: A case report and review of the literature Wegener&#8217;s granulomatosis is characterized by agranulo- matous arteritis involving the upper and lower respi­ratory tracts, progressive glomerulonephritis and systemic symptoms attributable to small vessel vasculitis. Although multisystemic manifestations are frequent, involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon. A patient whose initial presentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preservation and restoration of sphincter function in patients with rectal cancer: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently published method may offer a promising alternative to increase the (neo) rectal compliance follow­ing low resection. A Swiss group described a new pouch cre­ated in an experimental pig model designed by performing a mere longitudinal colotomy of the taenia libera coli followed by a transverse closure. Although the pouch volume of this new [...]]]></description>
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