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This is neutropenic colitis; it occurs in patients undergoing treatment for leukaemia, lymphoma and sometimes other malignancies. It typica...

This is neutropenic colitis; it occurs in patients undergoing treatment for leukaemia, lymphoma and sometimes other malignancies. It typically affects the paediatric population.
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•  Bowel wall thickening typically affecting the caecum, appendix or terminal ileum.
•  20% have pneumatosis.
•  Inflammatory fat stranding.