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Summary There are many mechanisms to explain how food may drive and also ameliorate inflammation. Despite there being no consistent macronutrient associations with the development of IBD, many exclusion diets have been described in the medical literature and lay press: IgG-4 guided exclusion diet; semi-vegetarian diet; Low fat, fiber limited exclusion diet (LOFFLEX Diet); Paleolithic diet; Maker’s diet; vegan diet; Life without Bread diet; exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN), the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and the low FODMAP diet. The literature on diet and IBD is reviewed with a particular focus on EEN, the SCD and low FODMAP diet in IBD. Lessons learned from the existing observations and strengths and shortcomings of existing data is presented, along with recommendations for patients.

In this study, most patients who had persistent symptoms of OSAHS after multilevel UAS did not have significant mouth leak that would preclude CPAP therapy. In this cohort of patients, CPAP pressure setting as well as compliance was significantly improved postoperatively.

Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is a rare clinical entity, and few cases have been reported. It usually presents on imaging as a pancreatic mass leading to common bile duct obstruction and jaundice. Since it can mimic a malignancy, eosinophilic pancreatitis is often diagnosed after “false positive” pancreatic resections. To our knowledge, we report the only known case of EP in which the diagnosis was made by fine needle aspiration and core biopsy of the pancreas during EUS, sparing the patient a surgical resection. After a steroid course, there was improvement of clinical symptoms.

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