Phlegmonous colitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia.
We describe a case of phlegmonous colitis occurring in a 70-year-old man with liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia. He developed an acute abdominal emergency and died during the first day of admission. Autopsy revealed a colon lesion characterized by suppurative inflammation associated with marked edema and hemorrhage in the submucosa. These findings were identical both macroscopically and microscopically to those of phlegmonous colitis.
Yamada
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Saga Medical School.
Sasatomi
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Sato
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Nakano
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D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications*; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male