Phlegmonous colitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

We describe a case of phlegmonous colitis occurring in a 70-year-old man with liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia. He developed an acute abdominal emergency and died during the first day of admission. Autopsy revealed a colon lesion characterized by suppurative inflammation associated with marked edema and hemorrhage in the submucosa. These findings were identical both macroscopically and microscopically to those of phlegmonous colitis.