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Typhlitis with clinical presentation mimicking appendicitis
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A 62-year-old woman presented with diffuse persistent low abdominal pain with fever (38.8°C). She had acute myelogenous leukaemia and had received her first course of consolidation chemotherapy 1 week previously. The physical examination found severe right lower quadrant tenderness with rebounding pain. Blood analysis …
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