Appendectomy in a child with cyclic neutropenia in profound neutropenic episode

Our experience in the treatment of a 4-year-old boy with cyclic neutropenia who was admitted for urgent appendectomy is described. The postoperative course was uneventful with high daily doses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of this report is to highli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Glavan, Nedeljka, Roganović, Jelena, Glavan-Gačanin, Lana, Jonjić, Nives
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26316766
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S89488
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Sumario:Our experience in the treatment of a 4-year-old boy with cyclic neutropenia who was admitted for urgent appendectomy is described. The postoperative course was uneventful with high daily doses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of immediate appendectomy in neutropenic patients, wherein low absolute neutrophil count should not be considered as a contraindication for urgent surgical procedure.

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