Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series

Introduction Appendicitis in patients with hematological malignancies presents with vague symptoms, thus requiring a high degree of suspicion for early diagnosis and treatment to prevent complications.

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Main Authors: Shruti Kakkar, Arihant Jain, Evani Jain, Anubhavv Gupta, Navneet Kaur, Anirudh Jain, Alka Grewal, Sushil Budhiraja, Chandan Kakkar
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2024-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786679
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spelling doaj-art-91f8a50c6ff24ccda7a254ad30ac320b2025-08-20T03:25:29ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58510975-21292024-10-01450540240910.1055/s-0044-1786679Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case SeriesShruti Kakkar0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8849-0072Arihant Jain1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-6153Evani Jain2Anubhavv Gupta3Navneet Kaur4Anirudh Jain5Alka Grewal6Sushil Budhiraja7Chandan Kakkar8Department of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaMBBS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaMBBS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Introduction Appendicitis in patients with hematological malignancies presents with vague symptoms, thus requiring a high degree of suspicion for early diagnosis and treatment to prevent complications.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786679acute appendicitishematological malignanciesneutropenia
spellingShingle Shruti Kakkar
Arihant Jain
Evani Jain
Anubhavv Gupta
Navneet Kaur
Anirudh Jain
Alka Grewal
Sushil Budhiraja
Chandan Kakkar
Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
acute appendicitis
hematological malignancies
neutropenia
title Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
title_full Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
title_fullStr Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
title_short Acute Appendicitis in Children with Hematological Malignancies: The Need for Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment—A Single-Center Case Series
title_sort acute appendicitis in children with hematological malignancies the need for early diagnosis and prompt treatment a single center case series
topic acute appendicitis
hematological malignancies
neutropenia
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786679
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