45. Treatment of Ileitis

Ileitis Secondary to Oral Capecitabine Treatment?

The efficacy of capecitabine as adjuvant therapy in colon cancer is well demonstrated and its lower toxicity rates when compared with 5-FU make it an increasingly more favourable option for patients. This case highlights the awareness of a potentially severe side effect related to the use of capecitabine, yet through the early identification of symptoms patients can be managed conservatively.

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Regional Ileitis

Dietary Creatine as a Possible Novel Treatment for Crohn’s Ileitis

Creatine, a commonly used dietary supplement, plays an important role in maintaining gut barrier function. Given that dysregulation of the intestinal epithelial barrier is a hallmark of inflammatory bowel disease, it is plausible that creatine supplementation may attenuate disease severity. We present a patient with Crohn's ileitis who responded to creatine supplementation with both symptomatic...

Meckel's ileitis versus Crohn's ileitis: diagnosis using balloon enteroscopy.

An 18-year-oldman presentedwith a selflimiting episode of abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea for 5 days. During the following year, he reported similar episodes. We performed a colonoscopy that showed normal colonic mucosa with erythema and a few erosions at the ileum. Histology revealed a nonspecific inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria. Hewas treated with prednisolone with initial sy...