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Colitis encompasses a spectrum of infectious and noninfectious inflammatory conditions. Infectious colitides, with etiologies often overlapping with enteritis (see Chapter 104 ), are typically acute in onset and may be localized as in acute appendicitis. The causative agent may not…

The pediatric duodenum, jejunum, and ileum are subject to a range of acquired pathologies. In this chapter, the etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of small bowel obstruction (SBO), infectious and noninfectious inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and intestinal infiltrative and neoplastic…