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Cholecystitis as the presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia

✍ Scribed by Stuart H. Bloom; James E. Coad; Edward W. Greeno; Aneel A. Ashrani; Dale E. Hammerschmidt

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 154 KB
Volume: 70
Category: Article
ISSN: 0361-8609
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10135

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✦ Synopsis

We report a case of acute leukemia, which presented as cholecystitis in a previously healthy middle-aged adult. Leukemic involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is a well-known clinicopathological entity. However, leukemic infiltration of the gall bladder wall is a rare occurrence. It has only been previously described in the setting of relapsed disease and, to our knowledge, has never been reported as the primary manifestation of de novo acute leukemia. The patient in question was treated with standard induction and consolidation chemotherapy and remains in complete remission 19 months after his presentation with symptoms consistent with cholecystitis.

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