ileitis
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Ileitis is an inflammation of the ileum, a portion of the small intestine. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection may mimic Crohn's disease Ileitis. Ileitis may be linked to a broad range of illnesses, such as sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, ischemia, neoplasms, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, drug-related conditions, and eosinophilic enteritis.`
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Research
5,332 papers- Isolated Terminal Ileitis in Children.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2023
- Ileitis: when it is not Crohn's disease.Current gastroenterology reports · 2010
- Pouchitis (pouch ileitis).The Netherlands journal of medicine · 1989
- Acute ileitis.British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) · 1981
- Cytomegalovirus ileitis in an immunocompetent patient.Gastroenterologia y hepatologia · 2017
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Ileitis is an inflammation of the ileum, a portion of the small intestine. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection may mimic Crohn's disease Ileitis. Ileitis may be linked to a broad range of illnesses, such as sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, ischemia, neoplasms, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, drug-related conditions, and eosinophilic enteritis.`
==Signs and symptoms== When it comes to ileitis, the majority of cases are caused by an acute, self-limited form of lower right quadrant pain and/or diarrhea. However, other conditions, such as M. tuberculosis or vasculitis, can cause chronic, debilitating symptoms that are complicated by hemorrhage, obstructive symptoms, and/or extraintestinal manifestations. Unless symptoms indicate that additional testing is necessary, ileitis linked to spondyloarthropathy or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is usually subclinical and goes unnoticed.