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- Title
Myocardial rupture with cardiac tamponade as a lethal early manifestation of acute myeloblastic leukemia.
- Authors
Björkholm, M.; Öst, Å.; Biberfeld, P.; Björkholm, M; Ost, A
- Abstract
A 73-year-old woman presented with a two-week history of increasing lassitude and fever. The hemoglobin level was 152 g/l and the total leucocyte count was 348 X 10(9)/l with 97% blasts. Before the diagnosis of acute leukemia could be confirmed by bone marrow examination, the patient developed shock and died within a few minutes. At autopsy a myocardial rupture of the left lateral wall apparently due to a massive leukemic infiltration was found.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1982, Vol 50, Issue 9, p1867
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19821101)50:9<1867::AID-CNCR2820500935>3.0.CO;2-B