title: Appendectomy in a child with cyclic neutropenia in profound neutropenic episode.
abstract: Our experience in the treatment of a 4-year-old boy with cyclic neutropenia who was admitted for urgent appendectomy is described. The postoperative course was uneventful with high daily doses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of immediate appendectomy in neutropenic patients, wherein low absolute neutrophil count should not be considered as a contraindication for urgent surgical procedure.
authors: Department of Pediatrics Surgery, University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors: Nedeljka
authors: N
authors: Glavan
authors: Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors: Jelena
authors: J
authors: Roganović
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors: Lana
authors: L
authors: Glavan-Gačanin
authors: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors: Nives
authors: N
authors: Jonjić
keywords: absolute neutrophil count (ANC); appendectomy; cyclic neutropenia