Acute promyelocytic leukemia presenting as pulmonary thromboembolism: Not all APLs bleed
| Autor: | Sandeep Batra, Ashok K. Vaid, Sachin Gupta, Suman S Karanth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty community-acquired pneumonia medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Deep vein Case Report medicine.disease Thrombosis Pneumonia chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Retinoic acid receptor alpha Biopsy medicine Medicine pulmonary thromboembolism Bone marrow Arsenic trioxide business neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | Avicenna Journal of Medicine Avicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 05, Iss 04, Pp 131-133 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2249-4464 2231-0770 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/2231-0770.165125 |
| Popis: | We present a rare case of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) presenting as pulmonary thromboembolism being misdiagnosed as community.acquired pneumonia. Thrombotic phenomenon in APL are poorly understood and grossly underreported. In our case, following no response to standard antibiotic treatment, the patient was further investigated and detected to have an acute pulmonary thromboembolism following right lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Though, complete blood picture revealed only mild hyperleukocytosis, bone marrow biopsy and aspiration revealed 60% blasts and a positive t (15,17)(q22,12) and PML retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) fusion protein on molecular cytogenetics. He was diagnosed as APL and received treatment with all.transretinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) and therapeutic anticoagulation |
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