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Fatal neutropenic enterocolitis associated with sulphasalazine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
K Chakravarty1, D G Scott, B G McCann
1Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Neutropenia is a recognized complication of sulphasalazine therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It is usually mild, transient and rarely associated with serious sequelae. We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who developed fatal neutropenic enterocolitis complicated by tracheo-oesophageal fistula following treatment with sulphasalazine.