Typhlitis

**Definition:** 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).

**Tree numbers:** - C01.463.850 - C06.405.205.596.750.500 - C06.405.469.110.708

**Synonyms:** - Cecitis