enteropathy

Any disease or disorder of the intestinal tract.

Any disease of the intestine. Includes enteritis plus those diseases in which there is no physical lesion of enteritis but in which there is severe diarrhea.

• cystic mucinous e. — see lymphocytic–plasmacytic enteritis.
• gluten e. — celiac disease. See wheat-sensitive enteropathy (below).
• mucoid e. — a secretory diarrhea of rabbits, of unknown cause; characterized by occurrence of mucoid diarrhea, abdominal distention, cecal impaction, constipation, depression and hypothermia in rabbits of weaning age and older.
• mycotic e. — one caused by a fungal agent; see histoplasmosis, phycomycosis, candidiasis.
• porcine proliferative e. — see proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy.
• protein-losing e. (PLE) — a nonspecific term referring to conditions associated with excessive loss of plasma proteins into the intestinal lumen. Associated with a variety of systemic and bowel disorders, including congestive heart failure, gastric ulceration, gastric tumors, intestinal mucosal ulceration and lymphatic disorders, intestinal parasitic infestations, bacterial induced lesions such as in Johne's disease and the proliferative enteropathies.
• rabbit e. complex — term used to designate a number of poorly defined diarrheal conditions of rabbits; includes mucoid enteropathy and nonspecific enteropathy.
• wheat-sensitive e. — a hereditary sensitivity to gluten, seen in Irish setters. There is diarrhea and poor growth in young dogs.

Enteropathy
Classification and external resources
ICD-9	569.9
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Enteropathy refers to any pathology of the intestine.^[1]

Types

Specific types of enteropathy include:

• Gluten-sensitive enteropathy (Which can progress to Coeliac Disease)
• Hemorrhagic enteropathy
• Protein-losing enteropathy^[2]
• Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE)
• Radiation enteropathy^[3]
• Enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma
• Immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy, X-linked (see FOXP3)

If the condition also involves the stomach, it is known as "gastroenteropathy".

Although enteritis specifically refers to an inflammation of the intestine, and is thus a more specific term than "enteropathy", the two phrases are sometimes used interchangeably.

References

1. ^ enteropathy at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
2. ^ "eMedicine - Protein-Losing Enteropathy : Article by Naeem Aslam". http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1926.htm. 
3. ^ "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Radiation enteritis". http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000300.htm. 

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