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).
| Descriptor ID |
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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