Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) associated with infectious mononucleosis.
Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) is an unusual acute complication of neutropenia, most often associated with leukaemia and lymphoma and characterized by segmental caecal and ascending colonic ulceration that may progress to necrosis, perforation, and septicaemia. We present a unique case of an 8-year-old girl with recently diagnosed infectious mononucleosis having findings consistent with typhlitis on abdominal CT.
Siğirci
Ahmet
A
Department of Radiology, Turgut Ozal Medical Centre, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44069 Malatya, Turkey. ahmets@inonu.edu.tr
Akinci
Ayşehan
A
Ozgen
Unsal
U
Ozen
Metehan
M
D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D053706:Typhlitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*