Typhlitis
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).
Year introduced: 2007 (2004)
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Tree Number(s): C01.463.850, C06.405.205.596.750.500, C06.405.469.110.708
MeSH Unique ID: D053706
Entry Terms:
- Cecitis
- Neutropenic Typhlitis
- Typhlitis, Neutropenic
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