| Title | Acute myelocytic leukemia with acute aortic occlusion as presenting symptom. |
| Author(s) | Kootte AM, Thompson J, Bruijn JA |
| Source | Acta Haematol 1986; 75(2):120-1. |
| MeSH | Acute Disease
Adult
Aortic Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Female
Humans
Iliac Artery
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute
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| Abstract | In a 42-year-old Caucasian female, acute myelocytic leukemia (M2) presented as occlusion of the distal aorta and right iliac artery. She died after 10 days of respiratory failure. At postmortem examination the aortic wall contained multiple thrombi composed of fibrin and leukemic cells. There was no evidence of diffuse intravascular coagulation. Thromboplastic activity of the blast cells could have played a role in the formation of thrombi in the large vessels of this patient. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 3090820 |
