CNS Involvement in AML Patient Treated with 5-Azacytidine

Diamantina Vasilatou; Sotirios Papageorgiou; Efthymia Bazani; Athina Prasouli; Christina Economopoulou; Christoforos Roumpakis; Petros Karakitsos; George Dimitriadis; Vasiliki Pappa

doi:10.1155/2014/937203

Case Reports in Hematology (Jan 2014)

CNS Involvement in AML Patient Treated with 5-Azacytidine

Diamantina Vasilatou,
Sotirios Papageorgiou,
Efthymia Bazani,
Athina Prasouli,
Christina Economopoulou,
Christoforos Roumpakis,
Petros Karakitsos,
George Dimitriadis,
Vasiliki Pappa

Affiliations

Diamantina Vasilatou: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Sotirios Papageorgiou: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Efthymia Bazani: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Athina Prasouli: Iatropolis Magnetic Tomography SA, 15231 Athens, Greece
Christina Economopoulou: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Christoforos Roumpakis: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Petros Karakitsos: Department of Cytopathology, Medical School Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
George Dimitriadis: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece
Vasiliki Pappa: Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12462 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/937203
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rare complication of the disease and is associated with poor prognosis. Sometimes the clinical presentation can be unspecific and the diagnosis can be very challenging. Here we report a case of CNS infiltration in a patient suffering from AML who presented with normal complete blood count and altered mental status.

Published in Case Reports in Hematology

ISSN: 2090-6560 (Print); 2090-6579 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3191

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