Typhlitis
"Typhlitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
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D053706
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MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.463.850 C06.405.205.932 C06.405.469.110.708
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2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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