CMAJ

Ileocecal ulceration and granulomatous ileitis as an unusual presentation of typhoid fever

A 55-year-old man presented to hospital with a 2-week history of cyclical fevers, chills, night sweats, decreased appetite and weight loss. Originally from India, the patient had lived in Canada for ...
Healio

Ileocecal resection may have role as ‘primary treatment’ in recently diagnosed Crohn’s

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Nature

Dietary fish oil increases fat absorption and fecal bile acid content without altering bile acid synthesis in 20-d-old weanling rats following massive ileocecal resection

Dietary fish oil (FO) was reported to lower fecal fat excretion in a weanling rat model of short bowel syndrome (SBS) after ileocecal resection (ICR), and to induce changes in secretion and synthesis ...
Nature

Early or late surgery for patients with ileocecal Crohn's disease?

The majority of patients with Crohn's disease require surgery during the course of their disease. It is not clear if performing surgical resection early rather than later in the course of Crohn's ...