[Neutropenic colitis. A case report]

The authors take the opportunity, on the basis of a clinical case examined, to revise an uncommon disease: neutropenic colitis. In the presence of an acute abdominal pain and tenderness localized at right lower quadrant, in a patient affected by hematologic neoplasm or by a solid tumor, at the end of a chemotherapeutic treatment with absolute residual neutropenia, we would be strongly oriented to neutropenic colitis. The treatment according to the primary disease and to the patient's poor conditions, will be where possible conservative, reserving the surgical approach only for those cases of absolute necessity.