title: Neutropenic enterocolitis: two case reports of long-term survival following surgery.
abstract: We report two cases of neutropenic enterocolitis with long-term survival following surgery. This favorable outcome was related to three major factors: recognition of the acute surgical abdomen, appropriately timed surgical intervention, and a prompt postoperative return of normal circulating white cells.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous