Serhat AVCU, Baran Serdar KIZILYILDIZ, Sinan AKBAYRAM, Gökmen TAŞKIN, Şahabettin SARI, Ahmet Faik ÖNER

Neutropenic enterocolitis in a child with acute myelogenous leukemia

Nötropenik enterokolit maligniteler ve diğer nötropenik durumlarda yaşamı tehdit eden bir durumdur. İlioçekal enflamasyonun radyolojik bulguları ile birlikte sağ alt kadrana lokalize ağrı, ateş ve diarenin tipik klinik seyri ile karakterizedir. Biz akut myeloblastik lösemi seyri sırasında enterokolit radyolojik bulgularını gösteren ve medikal tedavi ile başarılı bir şekilde tedavi edilen bir vak ayı sunduk.

Akut myeloblastik lösemili bir çocukta nötropenik enterokolit

Neutropenic enterocolitis is a potentially life-threatening complication of malignancies and also the other neutropenic conditions. It characterized by typically clinical course of fever, diarrhoea and abdominal pain that may be localized to the right lower quadrant with radiological evidence of ileocecal inflamation. We present a case of an 9-year-old girl with neutropenic enterocolitis who managed successfully by medical treatment and show radiological findings consistent with enterocolitis.

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