Neutropenic enterocolitis and colonic perforation in a patient with breast carcinoma treated with taxane-based chemotherapy: a case report and review of the literature

Neutropenic enterocolitis or typhlitis is one of the rare but high mortality acute complications of neutropenia that develops in immunosuppressed patients due to chemotherapy. It is a segmental cecal and ascending colon inflammation that can progress to necrosis and perforation. Although it is mostl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The European research journal 2018-01, Vol.4 (3), p.231-234
Hauptverfasser:	Demirel, Aslıhan, Kihtir, Selçuk, Geceer, Gürkan, Koçulu, Safiye, Çevik, Esin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Breast cancer Case reports Chemotherapy Mortality Neutropenia Patients
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