Radiation enteritis (RE) is an inflammatory injury to the large and small intestines resulting from radiation therapy (RT).
Many cancer patients acquire RT as part of their treatment. As a resul...
All patients with a history of RT are at risk. While the diagnosis can usually be made on clinical grounds, it is important to eliminate other causes.
Many do not seek medical care for chroni...
Evidence-based treatment of RE is limited.
Acute RE: Treat symptomatically (diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain).
Spontaneous resolution is common in cases of acute RE.
Chronic RE: There continu...
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73817000 Enteritis due to radiation (disorder)
235707005 Acute radiation enteritis (disorder)
235708000 Chronic radiation enteropathy ...
Radiation injury to the intestinal tract is common and can occur at any time (even decades) after RT.
Delayed diagnosis is common because medications, advanced/ongoing malignancy, and o...
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