ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA-M3V WITH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, A RARE PRESENTATION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Early diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is essential because of its associated life threatening coagulopathy. Among patients with acute leukemia, incidence of thrombosis is highest in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) In APL many variants have been identified, hypergranular and hypogranular variant. Herewith we report a case of 27 year old male presenting with non-specific symptoms like fever, SOB, cough with hemoptysis, swelling right lower limb and was found to have deep vein thrombosis. It is important to identify the hypogranular variant as it poses a diagnostic challenge
Authors and Affiliations
Mani Mekhala, Lavanya M, Aruna L, Shajia Rehman, Pooja Deshmukh
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- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2014/1816
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