Typhlitis in a post-chemotherapy lymphoma patient; images in clinical medicine

Ecancermedicalscience. 2010:4:193. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2010.193. Epub 2010 Nov 11.

Abstract

Typhlitis, also known as neutropenic enterocolitis, occurs primarily in severely immunosuppressed patients undergoing chemotherapy for haemathological and solid tumors. We report a case of a 57 years-old patient who presented typhlitis as a complication during chemotherapy.