title: Percutaneous drainage of periappendiceal abscess in a patient with acute leukemia. Case report.
abstract: In a 24-year-old man with acute lymphatic leukemia, acute appendicitis after induction of chemotherapy led, with minimal clinical signs, to perforation and periappendiceal abscess (verified with CT and US-guided needle aspiration). Percutaneous drainage was performed for 11 days and appendectomy 3 days later. Recovery was uncomplicated and cytostatic therapy was resumed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pitkäranta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elonen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haapianinen
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents