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 2. Macroscopic appearance of the perianal abscess and the surgical wound. HD – hospital day; HD-Ara-C – high-dose cytarabine; POD – postoperative day.

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