title: Acute ileotyphlitis as presenting manifestation of acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahsan
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di John
mesh_terms: 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