Thickening of cecum wall may be caused by intestinal tuberculosis, Crohn’s disease, cecum cancer and other diseases.
1. Intestinal tuberculosis: if the patient himself suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis, and the thickening of cecum wall is found in colonoscopy, it is likely to be caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreading through mouth and bloodstream, and violating the cecum tube. Due to the infection of cecum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it leads to the emergence of a large number of tuberculosis granulomas in the submucosa of cecum and proliferation of fibrotic tissues, and thus it can lead to the thickening and rigidity of the wall of cecum.
2. Crohn’s disease: if the patient suffers from Crohn’s disease, it will also lead to the phenomenon of thickening of cecum wall, because Crohn’s disease can involve all parts of gastrointestinal tract, and longitudinal or transverse ulcers can appear at the lesion, due to the oedema of submucous membrane and fibrosis of ulcers healing, so that the mucous membrane surface is pebble protruding, which leads to thickening of the intestinal wall, rigidity, and the appearance is similar to tubular.
3. Cecum cancer: if patients eat a lot of high-protein and high-fat food for a long time, or suffer from chronic intestinal inflammation, such as ulcerative colitis, etc., which repeatedly stimulate the intestinal mucosa, the malignant transformation of cecum may be induced, and the tumor protrudes into the intestinal tube, which may also cause thickening of cecum wall.
The thickening of the cecum wall may have other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the targeted treatment, do not delay, so as not to delay the condition.