AML, M5 type, -Beau Lines

Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2016, Vol 33, Issue 4

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman presented to the outpatient dep artment because of fever during the last fifteen days and symptoms from the upper respiratory tract. She was treated with trimethoprim/ sulphamethoxazole and the fever resolved after few days. Her past medical history was unremarkable.  On physical examination in admission revealed petechiae in extremities, cervical and supraclavicular microlymphadenopathy and mild splenomegaly. The liver was not palpable. Laboratory tests were as follows: Ht 20%, Hb 6.8 g/dL, WBC 3.3×10 9/L (neutrophils 18%, lymphocytes 40%, monocytes 15% basophils 2%, blasts 25%) (figures 1–3), platelets 20×109 /L, BUN 0.18 mg/dL, total bilirubin 0.70 mg/dL, SGOT 65 IU/L, SGPT 60  IU/L, alkaline phosphatase 198 IU /L, γ-GT 20 IU/L,LDH 1,890 IU/L, uric acid 8.2 mg/dL and total proteins 8.5 g/dL (a diffuse hypergammaglobulinemia was noted on electrophoresis)

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J. A SIMAKOPOULOS, L. PAPAGEORGIOU, V. TELONIS, A. ZANNOU, P. ARAPAKI, T. GIANNIKOS, E. NIKIOLAOU, G. DRYLLIS, I. KONSTANTINOU, M. ANGELOPOULOU, K. KONSTANTOPOULOS

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J. A SIMAKOPOULOS, L. PAPAGEORGIOU, V. TELONIS, A. ZANNOU, P. ARAPAKI, T. GIANNIKOS, E. NIKIOLAOU, G. DRYLLIS, I. KONSTANTINOU, M. ANGELOPOULOU, K. KONSTANTOPOULOS (2016). AML, M5 type, -Beau Lines. Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής, 33(4), 566-568. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-118136