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Descriptor
English
:
Typhlitis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Tiflitis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Tiflite
Synonyms
English
:
CECITIS
Tree Number:
C06.405.205.932
C06.405.469.110.708
Definition
English
:
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).
See Related
English
:
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
Enterocolitis, Neutropenic
History Note
English
:
2007 (2004)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
52103
Unique Identifier:
D053706
Occurrence in VHL
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