regional enteritis

(Pathology) another name for Crohn's disease

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regional enteritis - a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss

Crohn's disease, regional ileitis

colitis, inflammatory bowel disease - inflammation of the colon

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References in periodicals archive

It was first described by Burrill Bernard Crohn and two colleagues, Leon Ginzburg and Gordon Oppenheimer, in 1932 and named regional enteritis or terminal ileitis (1).

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis in a patient with Crohn's disease: case report and review of the literature

Then there's Crohn's disease, regional enteritis or Johne's disease, was also infamously named after American physician Bernard Crohn.

The legacy continues

Carcinosarcoma of the ileum in regional enteritis. Hum Pathol 1984;15(4):385-7.

Vulvar sarcomatoid carcinoma- a case report of an unusual variant at an unusual site

when some of the cells in the undeveloped intestinal canal, that have broad differentiation characteristics, develop into a gastric epithelium at an incorrect level [5]; or lastly could be due to a regeneration error following the eradication of preexisting mucosa as seen in cases of regional enteritis and chronic tuberculous ulcer of the colon [6, 7].

A Mass of Pancreatic and Gastric Heterotopia Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in a 61-Year-Old Male

Carroll, "Sclerosing cholangitis: association with regional enteritis," JAMA, vol.

Newly Diagnosed Colonic Adenocarcinoma: The Presenting Sign in a Young Woman with Undiagnosed Crohn's Disease in the Absence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and a Normal Microsatellite Instability Profile

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