caecitis BrE
cecitis AmE

Inflammation can spread to other parts of the gut in patients with caecitis.

The mortality rate for caecitis can be as high as 40 to 50%, mostly because it is frequently associated with bowel perforation.

Caecitis is diagnosed with a radiograph CT scan showing thickening of the cecum and "fat stranding".

Caecitis or cecitis, more commonly called typhlitis or typhlenteritis, is an inflammation of the cecum (part of the large intestine) that may be associated with infection.