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A VERY RARE CAUSE OF DIARRHEA IN A CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NEUTROPENIC PATIENT: PELLAGRA
- Source :
- Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Vol 43, Iss, Pp S41-S42 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2021.
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Abstract
- Case report Pellagra is a systemic disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin B3 .A 19-year-old male patient, who was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma was admitted to the hematology clinic for the second cycle of R-CODOX-M chemotherapy treatment. The patient at risk of malnutrition developed dermatit,diare and demans during treatment. The cause of diarrhea in the neutropenic patient is mostly in the form of infective diarrhea. Diarrhea due to vitamin deficiency should be kept in patients with malnutrition .
- Subjects :
- Vitamin
Systemic disease
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Chemotherapy
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Hematology
medicine.disease
Neutropenic patient
Malnutrition
Diarrhea
chemistry.chemical_compound
Chemotherapy induced
chemistry
Pellagra
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
medicine.symptom
RC633-647.5
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25311379
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c229080ed6b1cbfd055e623e647e498f