Mortal neutropenic enterocolitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Omer Elcioglu, Abdullah Ozkok, Timur Akpinar, Reyhan Kucukkaya

Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

DOI: 10.4236/ojim.2013.32012                

Abstract

Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) or typhlitis is a serious complication of anticancer therapy, especially in he- matological malignancies. We describe a case of acute lymphoid leukemia presenting the early onset of a syndrome with the clinical features and specific radiological findings of NE during the neutropenic phase.

Keywords

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Chemotherapy; Neutropenic Enterocolitis

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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