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Descriptor English:   Typhlitis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Tiflitis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Tiflite 
Synonyms English:   Cecitis  
Tree Number:   C01.539.463.850
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:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy TM transmission
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   52103 
Unique Identifier:   D053706 

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