Rectal involvement in neutropenic enterocolitis.

Abstract

Neutropenic enterocolitis is a common gastrointestinal complication in children undergoing chemotherapy for a variety of malignancies. It usually involves ileum and caecum, and involvement of rectum has rarely been reported. The authors report neutropenic enterocolitis in a child undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic lymphoma which presented with ileus along with a mass like lesion in the rectum.

• Authors: Shuchita Gupta, Seema Kapoor, R N Mandal Ravi, Anjali Prakash, Satish K Aggarwal
• Journal: Indian journal of pediatrics (Indian J Pediatr) Vol. 79 Issue 4 Pg. 535-7 (Apr 2012) ISSN: 0973-7693 [Electronic] India
• PMID: 21706240 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Biopsy
• Child
• Developing Countries
• Enterocolitis, Neutropenic (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Humans
• India
• Intestinal Mucosa (drug effects, pathology)
• Intestinal Obstruction (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Male
• Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma (drug therapy)
• Proctitis (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Rectum (drug effects, pathology)