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Keywords: Colitis, Ulcerative, Inflammation, Colitides, Kock

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Inflammation of a pouch.

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an inflammation of the reservoir or pouch (as in Pelvic Pouch or Kock Pouch)

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inflammation of the pouch. The exact cause in unknown.

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Inflammation of the pouch created as treatment of a patient with ulcerative colitis.

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Pouchitis is inflammation of the ileal pouch, which is created in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis, or, rarely, other colitides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouchitis

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