Factors predicting outcome in high risk febrile neutropenia in patients receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute sleukemia: A prospective, observational study from South India.

Background: Outcome of febrile neutropenia (FN) in acute leukemia patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy from India is scanty.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, observational, single institutional study was conducted to evaluate the clinical features, microbiological aspects, risk factors influencing the outcome of high risk FN during intensive therapy in acute leukemia.

Results: Among 115 febrile episodes, though 94 (81.

Multifocal histiocytic sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract.

We report a rare case of extranodal histiocytic sarcoma with multifocal gastrointestinal tract involvement, which has not been documented in the literature so far. A diagnosis of interdigitating dendritic cell/ histiocytic sarcoma was made on the preoperative gastric biopsy. Computed tomography scan revealed multifocal, circumferential gastrointestinal wall thickening involving the stomach and jejunal loops.