Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report

Background. Neutropenic enterocolitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal complications seen in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for leukemia. Severe neutropenia is the main underlying factor of this pathology. It is characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Case Presentation. Herein,...

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Autores principales: Canbolat Ayhan, Aylin, Timur, Cetin, Bocu, Ersin, Gulcin, Neslihan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/925078
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author Canbolat Ayhan, Aylin
Timur, Cetin
Bocu, Ersin
Gulcin, Neslihan
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description Background. Neutropenic enterocolitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal complications seen in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for leukemia. Severe neutropenia is the main underlying factor of this pathology. It is characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Case Presentation. Herein, we report a case of neutropenic enterocolitis which presented with intestinal perforation in an afebrile patient who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was receiving induction chemotherapy. Conclusion. We aimed to emphasize the importance of enterocolitis and increase awareness against such severe complications which could have unexpected presentations.
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spelling pubmed-39704562014-04-08 Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report Canbolat Ayhan, Aylin Timur, Cetin Bocu, Ersin Gulcin, Neslihan Case Rep Hematol Case Report Background. Neutropenic enterocolitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal complications seen in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for leukemia. Severe neutropenia is the main underlying factor of this pathology. It is characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Case Presentation. Herein, we report a case of neutropenic enterocolitis which presented with intestinal perforation in an afebrile patient who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was receiving induction chemotherapy. Conclusion. We aimed to emphasize the importance of enterocolitis and increase awareness against such severe complications which could have unexpected presentations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3970456/ /pubmed/24716011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/925078 Text en Copyright © 2014 Aylin Canbolat Ayhan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Canbolat Ayhan, Aylin
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Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report
title Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report
title_full Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report
title_short Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: An Atypical Presentation of Neutropenic Enterocolitis—A Case Report
title_sort spontaneous intestinal perforation: an atypical presentation of neutropenic enterocolitis—a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/925078
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