1st August 2023

A 24-year-old man with Hodgkin’s lymphoma is receiving curative chemotherapy. Previously, he tolerated the treatment well.

A 24-year-old man with Hodgkin’s lymphoma is receiving curative chemotherapy. Previously, he tolerated the treatment well. He presents to A&E with a one day history of severe abdominal pain associated with bloody diarrhoea. He has a temperature of 39.2 degrees Celsius on assessment and, on examination, demonstrates guarding in his lower abdomen.

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