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Ileitis

Medical condition

Ileitis
Ileitis caused by capecitabine.
Specialty	Gastroenterology

Ileitis is an inflammation of the ileum, a portion of the small intestine. Crohn's disease is the traditional cause of ileitis. Ileitis, however, may be linked to a broad range of illnesses. These comprise a range of illnesses, such as sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, ischemia, neoplasms, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, drug-related conditions, and eosinophilic enteritis.^[1]

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 Mycobacterium tuberculosisorvasculitis, 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 spondyloarthropathyornonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is usually subclinical and goes unnoticed.^[1]

See also

• Enteritis
• Gastritis

References

Further reading

• Geboes, Karel; Jouret-Mourin, Anne (2018). "Ileitis". Colitis. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89503-1_17. ISBN 978-3-319-89502-4.

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