Gallbladder empyema complicating acute myeloid leukaemia in an adolescent boy
| Autor: | Archana Kumar, Gitika Pant, Nishant Verma, Anil Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Fever medicine.medical_treatment Antineoplastic Agents Disease Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rare Disease hemic and lymphatic diseases Cholecystitis medicine Humans Cholecystectomy business.industry Gallbladder General Medicine medicine.disease Empyema Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Leukemia Myeloid Acute medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Abdomen Myeloid leukaemia Tomography X-Ray Computed business Complication 030215 immunology Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2018-224359 |
| Popis: | Gallbladder (GB) empyema is an uncommon complication in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Non-specific signs and symptoms and rarity of disease in AML make it difficult to diagnose early. We report a case of 13-year-old boy who had AML and developed GB empyema in the neutropaenic period. The patient was managed with antibiotics, ultrasound-guided tapping and interval cholecystectomy and recovered well. GB empyema is a life-threatening complication which should be kept as a possibility while evaluating patients with neutropaenia with pain abdomen localised to right hypochondrium as early diagnosis and treatment can lead to better outcomes. |
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