Catalog

Ischaemic enteritis of small intestine

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Ischaemic enteritis of small intestine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/905581084

This is an inflammation of the small intestine, due to chronic mesenteric ischaemia, a clinical syndrome characterised by recurrent abdominal pain and weight loss as a result of repeated transient episodes of insufficient intestinal blood flow.