CT detection of typhlitis.
A case of typhlitis (neutropenic colitis) is reported in which the initial diagnosis was suggested by CT. Radiologists performing CT should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of leukemia, which may appear as a clinically unsuspected finding on CT.
D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003092:Colitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed