Acute right lower quadrant pain in a patient with leukemia.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1998
Abstract
Typhlitis or neutropenic enterocolitis is a life-threatening, necrotizing process of the cecum whose incidence is increasing. It is usually encountered in patients with leukemia who have recently undergone chemotherapy. Neutropenic enterocolitis presents as fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea in neutropenic patients. As the incidence of neutropenic enterocolitis increases, emergency physicians must be aware of this rapidly progressive and potentially fatal disease.
Volume
32
Issue
1
First Page
98
Last Page
101
ISSN
0196-0644
Published In/Presented At
de Brito, D., Barton, E., Spears, K. L., Cranmer, H. H., Karp, S. J., Anglin, D., & Hutson, H. R. (1998). Acute right lower quadrant pain in a patient with leukemia. Annals of emergency medicine, 32(1), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(98)70105-2
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Oncology
PubMedID
9656958
Department(s)
Department of Radiation Oncology
Document Type
Article