Some patients are carriers of the organism and do not develop an active infection. These individuals may shed the organism and cause environmental contamination. Generally, mild C. diff infection (in addition to diarrhea) may result in: abdominal pain and cramping,
vasovesiculitis (vay-zoh-ve-sik-yoo-ly-tis) n. inflammation of the seminal vesicles and vas deferens. This usually occurs in association with prostatitis and causes pain in the perineum, groin, and scrotum and a high temperature.
Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare disorder in which the normal fatty architecture of the mesentery is replaced by fibrosis, necrosis and calcification. The disease has been associated with a number of malignant diseases such as lymphoma, lung cancer, colon cancer, CLL, myeloma, renal carcinoma and carcinoid tumor.