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Case Reports
. 1985 Mar-Apr;9(2):363-5.
doi: 10.1097/00004728-198503000-00026.

CT detection of typhlitis

G W Adams, R F Rauch, F M Kelvin, P M Silverman, M Korobkin
Case Reports

CT detection of typhlitis

G W Adams et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1985 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A case of typhlitis (neutropenic colitis) is reported in which the initial diagnosis was suggested by CT. Radiologists performing CT should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of leukemia, which may appear as a clinically unsuspected finding on CT.

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