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Infections > Intraabdominal Infections > Typhlitis
Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Cecal Diseases > Typhlitis
... > Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Gastroenteritis > Enterocolitis > Enterocolitis, Neutropenic > Typhlitis
... > Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Enterocolitis > Enterocolitis, Neutropenic > Typhlitis

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Typhlitis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cecitis

Scope note

  • Necrotizing inflammation of the CECUM ("typhlon" in Greek), sometimes spreading to the APPENDIX and/or the ILEUM. Symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN and DIARRHEA. Its pathogenesis is multifactorial. Typhlitis is often associated with NEUTROPENIA and chemotherapy in immunocompromised individuals (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST).

History note

  • 2007 (2004)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053706

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