Acute ileotyphlitis as presenting manifestation of acute myelogenous leukemia.
A case of acute myelogenous leukemia is reported in a child who presented with acute ileotyphlitis and died of an over-whelming Clostridium septicum sepsis before the chemotherapy was administered. The pathogenesis of acute ileotyphlitis, especially the role of granulocytopenia is discussed.
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Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007249:Inflammation; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male