• Furkan Ufuk, Emre Bulgurcu, and Tugba Sari.
• Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, 20100 Denizli, Turkey. Electronic address: furkan.ufuk@hotmail.com.
• Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jul 1; 45: 685.e1685.e3685.e1-685.e3.

AbstractNeutropenic enterocolitis is also known as typhlitis, is characterized by severe inflammation in the bowel loops. It is often seen in immunosuppressed patients, and it has high morbidity and mortality. Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily affects the respiratory system and causes COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019), it may affect hematopoietic and gastrointestinal systems. Herein, we present a rare case of COVID-19-associated pancytopenia and typhlitis in a 60-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated the bowel wall thickening in the cecum and ascending colon compatible with enterocolitis. Moreover, the chest CT showed bilateral, peripheral, and multifocal ground-glass opacities, consistent with COVID-19 pneumonia. We also aimed to emphasize the laboratory, clinical, and CT findings of the patient.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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