Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report

Leukostasis is a life-threatening complication that causes vascular occlusion leading to organ damage in leukemia patients. Organs with impairment due to leukostasis are usually the lungs and kidneys, but other organs may also be damaged. We experienced an autopsy case of severe infarction in multip...

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Autores principales: Tada, Akinori, Kikuchi, Yasuhiro, Murase, Kazuyuki, Takada, Kohichi, Takasawa, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532923
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31518
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author Tada, Akinori
Kikuchi, Yasuhiro
Murase, Kazuyuki
Takada, Kohichi
Takasawa, Akira
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description Leukostasis is a life-threatening complication that causes vascular occlusion leading to organ damage in leukemia patients. Organs with impairment due to leukostasis are usually the lungs and kidneys, but other organs may also be damaged. We experienced an autopsy case of severe infarction in multiple organs including the spleen probably due to leukostasis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.
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spelling pubmed-97516482022-12-15 Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report Tada, Akinori Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Murase, Kazuyuki Takada, Kohichi Takasawa, Akira Cureus Pathology Leukostasis is a life-threatening complication that causes vascular occlusion leading to organ damage in leukemia patients. Organs with impairment due to leukostasis are usually the lungs and kidneys, but other organs may also be damaged. We experienced an autopsy case of severe infarction in multiple organs including the spleen probably due to leukostasis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Cureus 2022-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9751648/ /pubmed/36532923 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31518 Text en Copyright © 2022, Tada et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Tada, Akinori
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Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title_full Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title_short Drastic Multiorgan Dysfunction Due to Severe Leukostasis: A Case Report
title_sort drastic multiorgan dysfunction due to severe leukostasis: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532923
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31518
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