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Neutropenic enterocolitis secondary to propylthiouracil-induced agranulocytosis

Volume 25 · Issue 5 Publish Date: October 15, 2014
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Erdem Barış Cartı
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Erkan Oymacı
Department of Gastroenterology, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Ahmet Deniz Uçar
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Ali Coşkun
Department of General Surgery, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Nazif Erkan
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Mehmet Yıldırım
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Cartı, E. B., Oymacı, E., Uçar, A. D., Coşkun, A., Erkan, N., & Yıldırım, M. (2014). Neutropenic enterocolitis secondary to propylthiouracil-induced agranulocytosis. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(5), 588–589. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2014.3761
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Abstract

First described by Cooke in 1930 (1), neutropenic enterocolitis (NE), also termed necrotizing enterocolitis or neutropenic typhlitis, is a necrotizing inflammatory disease of the ileocecal region.

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Journal Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume / Issue Volume 25 · Issue 5
Pages 588-589
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Published Online October 15, 2014
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Erdem Barış Cartı
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Erkan Oymacı
Department of Gastroenterology, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Ahmet Deniz Uçar
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Ali Coşkun
Department of General Surgery, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Nazif Erkan
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Mehmet Yıldırım
Department of General Surgery, İzmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Cartı, E. B., Oymacı, E., Uçar, A. D., Coşkun, A., Erkan, N., & Yıldırım, M. (2014). Neutropenic enterocolitis secondary to propylthiouracil-induced agranulocytosis. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(5), 588–589. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2014.3761
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