Background: Cecal perforation due to neutropenic colitis is a known and described side effect of many chemotherapy regimens. We present a case of a patient with gastric adenocarcinoma who developed spontaneous cecal perforation during chemotherapy without the classic pattern of typhlitis.
Case Report: A 58-year-old woman was on chemotherapy for an adenocarcinoma of the gastric junction, when she developed a cecal perforation. There was neither evidence for leucopenia nor for typhlitis. Laparotomy was performed and cecostomy was established using the perforated bowel. Postoperative course was uneventful. The patient died from tumor progression 8 months after the diagnosis was made.
Conclusion: There is no evidence for a connection between this event and chemotherapy treatment but neither can it be excluded. Even if unusual, colon toxicity could be a potential life-threatening complication associated with more drugs than usually thought.
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