Pseudomembranous enterocolitis complicating ampicillin therapy.

Pseudomembranous necrotising bronchial aspergillosis complicating chronic airways limitation.

Pseudomembranous necrotising bronchial aspergillosis is a variety of invasive aspergillosis found in immunosuppressed patients. A case is presented of a 66 year old woman whose only underlying disease was chronic airways limitation. The pathological findings and clinical implications are discussed.

Ischaemic enterocolitis complicating idiopathic dysautonomia.

A previously fit 23 year old adult male who presented with a sudden onset of profound autonomic neuropathy, for which no cause could be found, is described. The patient subsequently developed ischaemic enterocolitis that ultimately necessitated colectomy and subtotal enterectomy. Potential neural and humoral mechanisms are discussed.

Neutropenic Enterocolitis Associated with Methotrexate Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report

Neutropenic enterocolitis is a rare, life-threatening disease, characterized by fever and abdominal pain in the setting of neutropenia. It occurs most commonly in oncologic patients who are profoundly neutropenic as a result of cytotoxic chemotherapy. Neutropenic enterocolitis as a complication of medical therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been rarely reported in literature. We describe ...

Pseudomembranous enterocolitis with jujunal perforation associated with CL. Welchii infection.

Mortal neutropenic enterocolitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) or typhlitis is a serious complication of anticancer therapy, especially in hematological malignancies. We describe a case of acute lymphoid leukemia presenting the early onset of a syndrome with the clinical features and specific radiological findings of NE during the neutropenic phase.