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Case Reports
. 1988 Mar;89(3):407-9.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/89.3.407.

Acute ileotyphlitis as presenting manifestation of acute myelogenous leukemia

N Ahsan  1 , C C Sun, D Di John
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Case Reports

Acute ileotyphlitis as presenting manifestation of acute myelogenous leukemia

N Ahsan et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1988 Mar.

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  • Am J Clin Pathol 1988 Jun;89(6):813

Abstract

A case of acute myelogenous leukemia is reported in a child who presented with acute ileotyphlitis and died of an over-whelming Clostridium septicum sepsis before the chemotherapy was administered. The pathogenesis of acute ileotyphlitis, especially the role of granulocytopenia is discussed.

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