REGIONAL (TERMINAL) ILEITIS

Regional Ileitis

Regional Ileitis (Crohn's Disease)

Terminal ileitis is not always Crohn’s disease

Chronic inflammation in the terminal ileum (TI) suggests a cause for the patient's symptoms, especially when the clinical suspicion is Crohn's disease (CD). Clinic, laboratory, endoscopic, histopathological evaluation of patients is required for the diagnosis of CD. The most frequent localization of CD is the TI. There are many other diseases affecting the TI. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory dru...

Facing Terminal Ileitis: Going Beyond Crohn’s Disease

Terminal ileitis (TI) is an inflammatory condition of the terminal portion of the ileum that may occur acutely with right lower quadrant pain followed or not by diarrhea, or exhibit chronic obstructive symptoms and bleeding and normally it is associated to Crohn's disease (CD) although it may be associated to other different conditions. This review intended to contribute to a better understandi...

Prognosis after resection of chronic regional ileitis.

Recurrence of the disease after resection of the diseased bowel is a well-recognized complication in the surgical treatment of regional ileitis. Published estimates of the recurrence rate, however, vary widely. Part of this variability is due to different lengths of follow-up, and part to the use of different definitions of recurrence and different methods of statistical analysis. These factors...