MeSH 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).;
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).