Apollo Medicine (Jan 2020)

Acute myelogenous leukemia revealed by acute appendicitis

  • Sanae El Marzguioui,
  • Sanae Benameur,
  • Abdeladim Babakhouya,
  • Maria Rkain,
  • Noufissa Benajiba

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/am.am_73_19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 40 – 41

Abstract

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Acute myelogenous leukemia can rarely involve the digestive tract. We report a case of a girl of 9 years old, admitted for surgical abdomen and operated for acute appendicitis. Complete blood count showed pancytopenia. The pathology study showed appendicular localization of acute myelogenous leukemia.

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