CT detection of necrotising enterocolitis.
Necrotising enterocolitis may occur as a complication of granulocytopenia of any aetiology. The clinical presentation may be non-specific and the diagnosis therefore depends heavily on radiographic findings, particularly changes seen by CT. In immune-compromised patients being investigated for possible abdominal sources of fever, CT may be particularly helpful in elucidating bowel sources of infection. Two cases of necrotising enterocolitis demonstrated by CT are presented. The two cases were in immune-compromised patients with malignant disorders who presented with fever. The CT findings of this disorder are presented.
D000328:Adult; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed