Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology (Mar 2011)

Neutropenic colitis

  • A Talebian Yazdi,
  • K De Smet,
  • E Verdries,
  • M Antic,
  • B Ilsen,
  • F Vandenbroucke,
  • J De Mey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.550
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 94, no. 3
pp. 138 – 139

Abstract

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Background: A 66-year-old-woman, undergoing chemotherapy for recently diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia developed increasing abdominal pain over a period of several days. Laboratory results showed, apart from severe neutropenia, increasing infection parameters.

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