Necrotizing fasciitis complicating perforated Meckel's diverticulum in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse: A case report

• Main Authors: Rahul Gupta (Author), Ruchi Chaudhary (Author), Abhinav Mathur (Author), Kalpana Mangal (Author), Arvind Kumar Shukla (Author), Anu Bhandari (Author), Rakesh Kumar Jain (Author), Kapil Garg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The occurrence of necrotizing fasciitis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been reported with malignancies during granulocytopenic episodes from chemotherapy. Perforation of Meckel's diverticulum in children with leukemia is very rare. Only one case has been reported in the...