Gamuts

Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to a specific type of Salmonella that causes symptoms. Symptoms may vary from mild to severe, and usually begin 6 to 30 days after exposure. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Abdominal abscess
Acute nonobstructive small bowel distention
Adynamic ileus
Appendiceal mass
Ascites
Cecal lesion
Conical cecum
Enlarged ileocecal valve
Focal vertebral sclerosis
Gastrocolic or gastroduodenocolic fistula
Generalized irregular small bowel folds
Hyperplastic Peyer patches in ileum
Infection
Innumerable tiny nodules in small bowel or colon
Mucosal destruction of small bowel
Peritoneal disease
Peritonitis
Regular thickening of small bowel folds
Segmental bowel wall thickening
Splenomegaly
Terminal ileum lesion
Toxic megacolon
Ulcerating bowel disease

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