Acute Appendicitis in a Man Undergoing Therapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with an aggressive mantle cell lymphoma and was started on six cycles of R-CHOP chemotherapy. Approximately two weeks after starting his first cycle of chemotherapy, he complained of severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain, and an abdominal CT scan demonstrated an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Linden, Ajay Gopal, Kerstin Edlefsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/868151