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Neutropenic enterocolitis, also known as typhlitis or ileocecal syndrome, is a rare, but important, complication of neutropenia associated with malignancy. It occurs as a result of chemotherapeutic damage to the intestinal mucosa in the context of an absolute neutropenia and can rapidly progress to
A case of gold-induced enterocolitis and a review of the literature are reported. Gold-induced enterocolitis appears to be an uncommon reaction, occurring in middle-aged females who have received low doses of gold preparations. Symptoms may include fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and
Neutropenic enterocolitis, also known as typhlitis or ileocecal syndrome, is a rare but important complication of neutropenia associated with malignancy. It occurs as a result of chemotherapeutic damage to the intestinal mucosa in the context of an absolute neutropenia, and can rapidly progress to
OBJECTIVE
Neuropenic enterocolitis (NEC) is a destructive lesion of the ileocecal region occurring in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. Its clinical picture is one of febrile acute abdominal extension with bloody diarrhea and low neutrophil counts. Our aim was to determine the incidence of
Enterocolitis is a rare, but serious gastrointestinal complication associated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy in patients with cancer. The incidence, clinical presentation and outcome of enterocolitis in patients with cancer treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy was assessed in this study
OBJECTIVE
A case of Staphylococcus aureus enterocolitis (SEC) misdiagnosed as toxin-negative Clostridium difficile is reported.
CONCLUSIONS
An 82-year-old white man weighing 50 kg (body mass index, 16.8 kg/m(2)) was transported from an assisted living facility to the emergency department with the
A 21-year-old nulligravida underwent diagnostic hysteroscopy and laparoscopic potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser ablation of pelvic peritoneal endometriosis (revised American Fertility score of 10) for dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and dyschezia. Preoperatively the patient had an electrolyte bowel
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a recognized complication of immunosuppression or chemotherapy for leukemia. It presents as severe abdominal pain and tenderness, fever, and diarrhea associated with granulocytopenia. Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with chemotherapy for head and neck neoplasms
A 36-year-old woman developed neutropenia following chemotherapy for inoperable carcinoma of the cervix. She suffered acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and peritonitis of rapid onset. The right hemicolon and 15 cm of terminal ileum were resected at laparotomy and this showed marked edema of
BACKGROUND
The prevalence and natural history for food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) have not been determined.
OBJECTIVE
We sought to determine the prevalence, clinical manifestations, and rate of recovery for FPIES in a large-scale, population-based prospective study.
METHODS
In a
BACKGROUND
Literature data show that neutropenic enterocolitis is a rare but severe complication that can occur in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and especially with taxanes.
METHODS
A 60-year-old woman with stage Illc epithelial ovarian cancer developed neutropenic fever, abdominal pain,
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a symptom complex of fever, abdominal pain, distention, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and bloody stools occurring in a patient with a low neutrophil count and is most often seen in patients with acute leukemia after a course of chemotherapy. In most cases, neutropenic
BACKGROUND
A 60-year-old patient underwent breast-preserving surgery for breast cancer of TNM stage pTla (m), pN2a (8/12), G2, pMO. After the operation, she received 4 cycles of epirubicin/cyclophosphamide (90/600 mg/m2), followed by 2 cycles of docetaxel (100 mg/m2). Four days after the second
Fulminant, necrotizing colitis is a frequent, and generally fatal, complication of severe granulocytopenia, occurring during the treatment of hematological malignancies. In these cases, the patient complains of severe peritonitis, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea or melena, and a
Episodes of catastrophic entero-colitis associated with mesenteric vascular insufficiency in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) have rarely been recorded thus far. We herein report two cases of RA complicated with severe attacks of entero-colitis presumably due to mesenteric vasculitis. Surgical