Extramedullary Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Leukemic Pleural Effusion, Case Report and Review of the Literature

Extramedullary Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Leukemic Pleural Effusion, Case Report and Review of the Literature

Objective and Importance: Malignant pleural effusions occur in the setting of both solid and hematologic malignancies. Pleural effusion caused by leukemic infiltration is an unusual extramedullary manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with fewer than 20 cases reported.1-11 We report a case o...

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Main Authors: Naveen ePemmaraju, Elaine eChang, Naval eDaver, Keyur ePatel, Jeffrey eJorgensen, Bradley eSabloff, Srdan eVerstovsek, Gautam eBorthakur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
malignant
Extramedullary AML
pleural
effusion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00130/full

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