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Typhlitis is a life-threatening necrotizing process of the cecum associated with leukemia patients who have undergone chemotherapy. We present a rare complication of typhlitis in a boy with leukemia, in whom a right psoas abscess developed secondary to the inflammatory process of the cecum, with an emphasis on the computed tomographic findings of this severe and potentially life-threatening complication. Typhlitis should be added to conditions of the gastrointestinal tract that cause a psoas abscess such as Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, appendicitis, colorectal carcinoma, and appendiceal tumor.
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Received: 18 May 2001/Accepted: 15 June 2001
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Gayer, G., Apter, S. & Zissin, R. Typhlitis as a rare cause of a psoas abscess. Abdom Imaging 27, 600–602 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-001-0082-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-001-0082-z