title: Emergency abdominal surgery in patients with acute leukemia and lymphoma.
abstract: Seventeen cases of acute leukemia or lymphoma which required emergency surgery for acute abdominal pain, are reported. It is concluded that surgery in these patients should be performed whenever indicated because the mortality rate of medical treatment is around 100%.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Storti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sica
authors.lastname: Borzone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cagossi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications