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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Autores principales: Naveen ePemmaraju, Elaine eChang, Naval eDaver, Keyur ePatel, Jeffrey eJorgensen, Bradley eSabloff, Srdan eVerstovsek, Gautam eBorthakur
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Colección:Frontiers in Oncology
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Acceso en línea:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00130/full