The ileum is rich in lymphoid tissue, and wall thickening could occur with many diseases, including tuberculosis, lymphoma, Crohn’s disease, and Whipple’s disease. The non-ileal manifestations ...

In 1932 Rankin, Bargen and Buie 11 said that only late in its course, after repeated severe exacerbations, did the disease occasionally pass the ileocecal valve to involve the terminal portion of ...

Whipple’s disease was first recognized in 1907 by George Hoyt Whipple. The case centered on a man who had problems with weight loss, arthritis, chronic cough, and fever.More than a century later ...

Whipple’s disease is a bacterial disease that prevents the proper absorption of fats and other nutrients. Get the facts on risk factors, outlook, and more.

Whipple’s disease is a rare but serious systemic infection caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei.It’s found in the environment and even in asymptomatic carriers but targets middle-aged ...

The terminal ileum was successfully intubated in 3417 cases (87.1%). Macroscopic abnormality on terminal ileum was present in 125 cases (3.7%), and biopsies were taken for all of them.

Terminal ileum intubation was carried out on 153 patients during endoscopy and 67 had normal ileoscopy results; 36 of those with normal results were found to have active, small-bowel Crohn's disease.

Hence, in order to perform this study, we tried to routinely do terminal ileum intubation during colonoscopies performed during the study period. A total of 3921 subjects underwent colonoscopy ...