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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 16, 2017; 9(7): 327-333
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i7.327
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i7.327
Table 1 Etiology of ileo-cecal ulcers n (%)
| Infective causes n = 45 (43%) | Amoebic | 13 (12) |
| Tubercular | 11 (11) | |
| Typhoid | 4 (4) | |
| Pseudomembranous colitis | 2 (2) | |
| Unspecified bacterial infections | 15 (14) | |
| Non-infectious causes n = 59 (57%) | CD | 14 (13) |
| NSAID induced | 6 (6) | |
| Malignant | 6 (6) | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 (4) | |
| Non-specific | 29 (28) |
- Citation: Toshniwal J, Chawlani R, Thawrani A, Sharma R, Arora A, Kotecha HL, Goyal M, Kirnake V, Jain P, Tyagi P, Bansal N, Sachdeva M, Ranjan P, Kumar M, Sharma P, Singla V, Bansal R, Shah V, Bhalla S, Kumar A. All ileo-cecal ulcers are not Crohn’s: Changing perspectives of symptomatic ileocecal ulcers. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2017; 9(7): 327-333
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v9/i7/327.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v9.i7.327