Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia after Chemotherapy in an Adolescent Patient with a History of Three Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantations for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

• Main Authors: Koichi Hirabayashi (Author), Mitsuho Takatsuki (Author), Mitsuo Motobayashi (Author), Takashi Kurata (Author), Shoji Saito (Author), Tomonari Shigemura (Author), Yozo Nakazawa (Author), Kazuo Sakashita (Author), Satoshi Ishizone (Author), Hiroyoshi Ota (Author), Kenichi Koike (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is induced by intestinal vasospasm without thromboembolic occlusion and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The estimated overall incidence of autopsy-verified fatal NOMI is 2.0 cases/100,000 person-years; however, no pediatric or adolescent cases...