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Cecal Diseases - Pathological developments in the CECUM. |
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Colonic Diseases - Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). |
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Duodenal Diseases - Pathological conditions in the DUODENUM region of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL). |
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Ileal Diseases - Pathological development in the ILEUM including the ILEOCECAL VALVE. |
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Intestinal Obstruction - Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANUS. |
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Intestinal Perforation - Opening or penetration through the wall of the INTESTINES. |
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Intestinal Polyposis - The growth of INTESTINAL POLYPS. Growth processes include neoplastic (ADENOMA and CARCINOMA) and non-neoplastic (hyperplastic, mucosal, inflammatory, and other polyps). |
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Jejunal Diseases - Pathological development in the JEJUNUM region of the SMALL INTESTINE. |
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Malabsorption Syndromes - General term for a group of MALNUTRITION syndromes caused by failure of normal INTESTINAL ABSORPTION of nutrients. |
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Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion - Obstruction of the flow in the SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION by ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; STENOSIS; TRAUMA; and compression or intrinsic pressure from adjacent tumors. Rare causes are drugs, intestinal parasites, and vascular immunoinflammatory diseases such as PERIARTERITIS NODOSA and THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS. (From Juergens et al., Peripheral Vascular Diseases, 5th ed, pp295-6) |
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Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - A condition characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts in the intestinal wall, the submucosa and/or subserosa of the INTESTINE. The majority of the cysts are found in the JEJUNUM and the ILEUM. |
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Protein-Losing Enteropathies - Pathological conditions in the INTESTINES that are characterized by the gastrointestinal loss of serum proteins, including ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; and at times LYMPHOCYTES. Severe condition can result in HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA or LYMPHOPENIA. Protein-losing enteropathies are assoicated with a number of diseases including INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA, WHIPPLE'S DISEASE, and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE. |
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Rectal Diseases - Pathological developments in the RECTUM region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). |
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