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ileocolitis

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ileocolitis /il·eo·co·li·tis/ (-ko-li´tis) inflammation of the ileum and colon.
ileocolitis ulcero´sa chro´nica  chronic ileocolitis with fever, rapid pulse, anemia, diarrhea, and right iliac pain.

il·e·o·co·li·tis (l--k-lts)
n.
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ileum and the colon.

ileocolitis
[-kōlī′tis]
an inflammation of the ileum and colon.

ileocolitis
inflammation of the ileum and colon.


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Twenty-seven (45%) had isolated small bowel disease, 23 (38%) had ileocolitis and 10 (17%) had isolated colonic involvement.
Clinical outcome, assessed using the Present-Korelitz score, was dependent on disease location; 43% of patients with ileitis improved, 67% of patients with ileocolitis improved and 63% of patients with colitis improved.
 
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