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Table 1 Previous cases of PI/PCI post chemotherapy in hematologic malignancies

From: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with etoposide in hematological malignancies: a case report and a literature review

Case [Ref.]

Sex/age (yr)

Underlying disease

Chemotherapeutics

Clinical symptoms

Diagnosis/tools/location

Treatments

1 [27]

F/2.5

c-ALL

Prednisone, daunorubicin, vincristine, asparaginase, and intrathecal triple therapy

Lethargy abdominal distension

PCI/X-ray/colon

Antibiotics

2 [28]

M/55

Ph + CML

Nilotinib

Abdominal distension abdominal pain

PI/CT/small intestine

Oxygen therapy

3 [29]

M/31

T-ALL

Cyclophosphamide, mercaptopurine, cytosine arabinoside, and prednisone

Abdominal pain

PI/X-ray + CT/colon

Parenteral nutrition antibiotics

4 [29]

M/58

Lymphoma

BCNU, melphalan, and etoposide, cytosine arabinoside and dexamethasone

None

PI/X-ray + CT/colon

Parenteral nutrition antibiotics

5 [29]

F/64

Lymphoma

Cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and prednisone

Abdominal pain fever, nausea, diarrhea

PI/CT/small intestine + colon

Parenteral nutrition antibiotics

6 [29]

F/49

SAA

Ciclosporine A, prednisone

Fever

PI/CT/enterocoelia

Parenteral nutrition antibiotics

7 [30]

M/18

B-ALL

Prednisolone, daunorubicin, vincristine, asparaginase, and intrathecal methotrexate

Abdominal distension anorexia

PI/X-ray + CT /colon + enterocoelia

Oxygen therapy antibiotics parenteral nutrition

8 [31]

F/33

APL

ATRA, idarubicin, dexamethasone

Abdominal pain nausea, diarrhea

PI/CT/small intestine + colon

Antibiotics

9 [32]

M/51

Lymphoma

Methotrexate, leukovorine rescue, mithoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone, and etoposide

Vague abdominal discomfort

PCI/X-ray/colon

Oxygen therapy antibiotics parenteral nutrition

10 [32]

F/42

AML-M1

Behenoyl cytosine arabinoside, daunorubicin, 6-mercaptopurine, and prednisone

Abdominal distension abdominal pain

PCI/X-ray/colon

Oxygen therapy

11 [32]

F/58

Lymphoma

Methotrexate, leukovorine rescue, mithoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone, and etoposide

Abdominal distension

PCI/X-ray/colon

Oxygen therapy parenteral nutrition

12 [32]

M/74

AML-M2

Cytosine arabinoside, prednisolone, etopside, and mitoxantrone

Abdominal distension

PCI/X-ray/colon

Oxygen therapy parenteral nutrition

  1. F female, M male, ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia, CML chronic granulocytic leukemia, SAA severe aplastic anemia, APL acute promyelocytic leukemia, AML acute myeloblastic leukemia, PI pneumatosis intestinalis, PCI pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, ATRA all-trans retinoic acid, BCNU carmustine