Editing Cecum (section)

==Clinical significance==
A cecal carcinoid tumor is a [[carcinoid tumor]] of the cecum. An [[appendiceal carcinoid tumor]] (a carcinoid tumor of the appendix) is sometimes found next to a cecal carcinoid.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Salirrosas Roncal |first1=Oscar A |last2=Tantalean Gutierrez |first2=Christian |last3=Llerena Vasquez |first3=Cesar |title=Carcinoid Tumor of the Cecal Appendix |journal=Cureus |date=2022 |volume=14 |issue=10 |pages=e30793 |doi=10.7759/cureus.30793 |doi-access=free |issn=2168-8184 |pmc=9701446 |pmid=36447686}}</ref>

[[Neutropenic enterocolitis]] (typhlitis) is the condition of inflammation of the cecum, primarily caused by bacterial infections.

Over 99% of the bacteria in the gut are [[anaerobe]]s,<ref name="Guarner and Malagelada 2003b">{{cite journal |author=Guarner F, Malagelada JR |title=Gut flora in health and disease |journal=Lancet |volume=361 |issue=9356 |pages=512–19 |date=February 2003 |pmid=12583961 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12489-0 |s2cid=38767655 }}</ref><ref name=Sears>{{cite journal |author=Sears CL |title=A dynamic partnership: celebrating our gut flora |journal=Anaerobe |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=247–51 |date=October 2005 |pmid=16701579 |doi=10.1016/j.anaerobe.2005.05.001 }}</ref><ref name="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow.  2005.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20040526195616/http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/humannutrition/students/resources/meden/Infection.pdf The normal gut flora.] Available through web archive. Accessed May 22, 2008</ref><ref name="Beaugerie L and Petit JC">{{cite journal |author=Beaugerie L, Petit JC |title=Microbial-gut interactions in health and disease. Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea |journal=Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=337–52 |date=April 2004 |pmid=15123074 |doi=10.1016/j.bpg.2003.10.002 }}</ref><ref name=Vedantam>{{cite journal |author=Vedantam G, Hecht DW |title=Antibiotics and anaerobes of gut origin |journal=Curr. Opin. Microbiol. |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=457–61 |date=October 2003 |pmid=14572537 |doi=10.1016/j.mib.2003.09.006}}</ref> but in the cecum, [[aerobic bacteria]] reach high densities.<ref name="Prescotts">{{cite book|last2 = Willey|first2 = Joanne|last1 = Sherwood|first1 = Linda|last3 = Woolverton|first3 = Christopher|title = Prescott's Microbiology|url = {{google books |plainurl=y |id=sBCSRAAACAAJ}}|year = 2013|isbn = 9780073402406|publisher = McGraw Hill|location = New York|edition = 9th|pages = 713–21|oclc = 886600661}}</ref>