Figure 8
From: Imaging acute complications in cancer patients: what should be evaluated in the emergency setting?
A 16-year-old boy with neutropenic typhlitis. Patient under treatment for leukemia, presented with abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa. (A) Ultrasound image showing diffuse thickening of the walls of the cecum and ascending colon (arrows). (B) Axial and (C) coronal computed tomographic slices obtained after intravenous contrast administration confirmed the ultrasound findings, showing thickening of the cecum wall and proximal portion of the ascending colon (arrows), compatible with typhlitis.