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 bee
Facial palsy as first presentation of acute myeloid leukemia
β Scribed by Bhrigu Raj Sood; Brij Sharma; Satish Kumar; Dalip Gupta; Ashok Sharma
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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