Gastric ischemia and pulmonary embolism in a patient with acute leukemia

Abstract

A Tunisian male diagnosed with an acute lymphoblastic leukemia was admitted to our hospital for a chemotherapy cure . During the hospitalization, he presented an acute epigastric pain with fever. Abdominal CT scan showed circumferential gastric thickening with an enhancement defect suggestive of gastric ischemia associated with segmental pulmonary embolism.