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Original Article
Clinical Characteristics and Pathogenesis of Typhlitis in Childhood Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia-Considerations on Clinical Mangement with Report of Two Cases and Literature Review.
Do Hyun Kim, Sung Oh Kim, Soo Yup Lee, In Joon Seol, Hahng Lee, Chong Moo Park, Poong Man Jung, Seok Chol Jeon, Young Hyeh Ko, Jung Dal Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(5):607-620.   Published online May 31, 1988
The treatment of acute leukemia in childhood has been increasingly successful due to progression of chemotherapeutics and other supportive care. Improved survival rates in acute childhood leukemia have been associated with an increasing number of complications in the gastrointestinal tract. Typhlitis also known as ileocecal syndrome is a necrotizing inflammation of the cecum in leukemic patients on chemotherapy in the terminal stage of the...
Case Report
A Case of leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis: A case report and literature review.
Se Ho Chang, Sun Ja Lee, Jong Hoon Park, Dong Hyuk Kum, Jung Dal Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1979;22(11):996-1002.   Published online November 15, 1979
Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis (L.R.E.) was first described as a clinical and pathological entity by Ewald in 1923. LRE is a rare neoplastic disease of the hematopoietic system that is characterized cliniclly by chronic course with an insidious onset. marked splenomegaly with absence of substantial lymphadenopathy and predominant in male and characterized histologically by the presence of circulating abnormal mononuclear cells with...