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Abstract
Our experience in the treatment of a 4-year-old boy with cyclic neutropenia who was admitted for urgent appendectomy is described. The postoperative course was uneventful with high daily doses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of immediate appendectomy in neutropenic patients, wherein low absolute neutrophil count should not be considered as a contraindication for urgent surgical procedure.
Author contributions
Dr Glavan treated the patient, conceived and designed the case report, coordinated the evaluation of the case, drafted the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. Professor Roganović as pediatric hematologist involved in the treatment of the patient, participated in the draft of the manuscript and approved the final manuscript as submitted. Dr Glavan-Gačanin reviewed and edited the manuscript and approved the final manuscript as submitted. Professor Jonjić supervised and gave expert opinion on the case, revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. All authors contributed toward data analysis, drafting and critically revising the paper and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Disclosure
The authors report no conflict of interest in this work.