Etiology

ETIOLOGY
  • Infectious—Trichuris vulpis, Ancylostoma caninum, Entamoeba histolytica, Balantidium coli, Giardia spp., Trichomonas spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Salmonella spp, Clostridium spp., Campylobacter spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli, Prototheca, Histoplasma capsulatum, and pythiosis/phycomycosis
  • Traumatic—foreign body and abrasive material
  • Uraemia
  • Segmental—secondary to chronic pancreatitis (transverse colitis)
  • Allergic—dietary protein and possibly bacterial protein
  • Inflammatory/immune—lymphoplasmacytic, eosinophilic, granulomatous, and histiocytic
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