Acute promyelocytic leukemia presenting as pulmonary thromboembolism: Not all APLs bleed

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,...

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Autores principales: Vaid, Ashok K, Batra, Sandeep, Karanth, Suman S, Gupta, Sachin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629469
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.165125

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629469
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.165125

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