Rhabdomyolysis as a rare paraneoplastic presentation of acute myeloid leukemia

We present the case of a 56-year-old man who presented with rhabdomyolysis and was found to have acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Our case is the first to show an association of rhabdomyolysis with AML. Although rhabdomyolysis is likely a very rare clinical presentation of AML, our case raises awarenes...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Thu-Cuc, Garcia, Berenice, Fisher, Keith, Patterson, Daniel, Hamza, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx033
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Sumario:We present the case of a 56-year-old man who presented with rhabdomyolysis and was found to have acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Our case is the first to show an association of rhabdomyolysis with AML. Although rhabdomyolysis is likely a very rare clinical presentation of AML, our case raises awareness for workup for AML in patients who present with rhabdomyolysis and other suspicious findings. Both conditions are medical emergencies and require immediate treatment.

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