title: Rectal involvement in neutropenic enterocolitis.
abstract: Neutropenic enterocolitis is a common gastrointestinal complication in children undergoing chemotherapy for a variety of malignancies. It usually involves ileum and caecum, and involvement of rectum has rarely been reported. The authors report neutropenic enterocolitis in a child undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic lymphoma which presented with ileus along with a mass like lesion in the rectum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, MAMC and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shuchita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: R N Mandal
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ravi
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Satish K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D044504:Enterocolitis, Neutropenic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011349:Proctitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology