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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2016

Painless neutropenic enterocolitis in a patient undergoing chemotherapy.

E J Chow, K D Bishop

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neutropenic enterocolitis: A clinico-pathological review.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2019
    Article
  2. Timing and Outcomes of Abdominal Surgery in Neutropenic Patients.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E J ChowDepartments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
K D BishopDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Brown University · USRhode Island Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case descriptionA 60-year-old man developed painless neutropenic enterocolitis after induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed acute myelogenous leukemia. The patient had recurrent fever while neutropenic, without experiencing abdominal pain or tenderness on physical examination. His diagnosis was delayed by the fact that he had no localizing symptoms. DISCUSSION: Neutropenic enterocolitis is a common complication, generally occurring in patients who are severely neutropenic; the condition presents with fever and abdominal pain. No cases of painless neutropenic enterocolitis have yet been reported. Review of the literature shows that patients can develop this condition in the absence of fever and, sometimes, neutropenia. Furthermore, few comprehensive studies or reviews have investigated the utility of computed tomography imaging in identifying a source for abdominal pain in neutropenic patients with fever. SUMMARY: Many potential causes of febrile neutropenia should be considered in chemotherapy patients.

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Enterocolitisfeverneutropeniapainless enterocolitis

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PMID27803612
PMCPMC5081024
OpenAlexW2540799500

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