Enteropathy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Enteropathy refers to any pathology of the intestine.

Specific types of enteropathy include:

• Gluten-sensitive enteropathy (also known as celiac disease)
• Protein-losing enteropathy
• Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE)
• Radiation enteropathy
• Enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma
• Immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy, X-linked (see FOXP3)
• Autoimmune enteropathy

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.

• eMedicine on Protein-losing enteropathy
• NIH/Medline Radiation enteropathy

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