title: Acute jejunoileitis. A distinct entity?
abstract: A 44-year-old man with acute jejunoileitis of unknown etiology developed small bowel obstruction. Intermittent abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, ascites, and leukocytosis were prominent features. All stool cultures were negative. On steroid treatment, symptoms and radiographic features completely resolved. We suggest, in agreement with an earlier report, that acute jejunoileitis may be regarded as a distinct clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004751:Enteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009355:Neomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; D004917:Erythromycin; D009355:Neomycin; D011241:Prednisone