Table 6.
Chronic ileitis pattern: Etiologic Associations
Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative colitis |
Infections |
Persistent infections
Tuberculosis Yersinia |
Drugs |
NSAIDs
Chemotherapeutic agents Sprue-like or AIE-like mucosal inflammatory process (Ipilimumab, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, Olmesartan) |
Radiation-induced changes |
Crohn’s disease-like |
Microscopic colitis associated ileitis |
Behçet’s Disease |
Non-specific isolated ulcers of the terminal ileum |
Ileitis not otherwise specified |
Changes secondary to the ileostomy |
Underlying mass lesions Primary tumors, metastatic malignancies, endometriosis |