Anorectal Abscess in a Patient with Neutropenia and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: To Operate or not to Operate?

Masami Ohzu; Hitomi Takazawa; Satomi Furukawa; Yukiko Komeno

doi:10.12659/AJCR.931589

04 July 2021 : Case report Japan

Anorectal Abscess in a Patient with Neutropenia and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: To Operate or not to Operate?

Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease

Masami Ohzu^12BCDEF, Hitomi Takazawa^13BCD, Satomi Furukawa^4ABCD, Yukiko Komeno^1ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931589

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931589

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Figure 1. Clinical course of induction and reinduction chemotherapy. On the X axis, hospital day 1 was set as the day of admission. Ara-C – cytarabine; BT – body temperature; CRP – C-reactive protein; DNR – daunorubicin; HD-Ara-C – high-dose cytarabine; Neu – neutrophils.

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Anorectal Abscess in a Patient with Neutropenia and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: To Operate or not to Operate?

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