Acute myeloid leukaemia presenting as acute liver failure-a case report and literature review.
| Autor: | Sun K; Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Reynolds RJ; Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Sheu TG; Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Tomsula JA; Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Colton L; Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.; Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX 77030, USA., Rice L; Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.; Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX 77030, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Ecancermedicalscience [Ecancermedicalscience] 2019 Sep 09; Vol. 13, pp. 960. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 09 (Print Publication: 2019). |
| DOI: | 10.3332/ecancer.2019.960 |
| Abstrakt: | A 75-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive fatigue, abdominal pain and jaundice. Physical examination revealed tender abdomen and splenomegaly. Magnetic resonance cholangiogram showed marked hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and scattered nodules or masses in the liver and spleen. The patient expired from multiorgan failure. Autopsy revealed infiltration of the liver, spleen and bone marrow by acute myeloid leukaemia. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. (© the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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