Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in 21 pediatric hematology and oncology patients at a tertiary care cancer center

Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in 21 pediatric hematology and oncology patients at a tertiary care cancer center

Abstract Acute appendicitis is a rare gastrointestinal complication of anti-cancer chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Among a cohort of 2341 hemato-oncologic patients at a pediatric tertiary care cancer center, we identified 21 patients (0.9%) with 23 episodes of acute appendi...

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Main Authors: Hannah von Mersi, Thomas Benkö, Heidrun Boztug, Michael Dworzak, Gernot Engstler, Waltraud Friesenbichler, Caroline Hutter, Karoly Lakatos, Georg Mann, Martin Metzelder, Roswitha Lüftinger, Herbert Pichler, Fiona Poyer, Leila Ronceray, Andishe Attarbaschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90206-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90206-6

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