Acute myeloid leukaemia: an unusual cause of biliary strictures.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Mar 2019
Historique:
entrez: 16 3 2019
pubmed: 16 3 2019
medline: 27 6 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 17-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented with a 2-week history of worsening jaundice, lethargy, anorexia and progressive right upper quadrant abdominal pain. There were no stigmata of chronic liver disease. Initial investigations were suggestive of cholangitis with large intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct strictures but otherwise normal hepatic and splenic appearances. A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram with the positioning of drains was performed to alleviate the obstructive jaundice. Within 2 weeks of the first presentation, full blood count revealed a significantly raised white blood count and a subsequent peripheral blood smear and bone marrow were consistent with a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia. Chemotherapy was started after partial improvement of his obstructive jaundice. Complete morphological and cytogenetic remission was obtained 4 weeks after the first cycle of chemotherapy (half dose of daunorubicin and full dose of cytarabine, treated off trial) on control bone marrow. The patient remains in remission.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30872340
pii: 12/3/e227821
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227821
pmc: PMC6424271
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic 0
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic 0
Cytarabine 04079A1RDZ
Daunorubicin ZS7284E0ZP

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

Références

J Clin Pathol. 2004 May;57(5):544-5
pubmed: 15113866

Auteurs

Adele Beck (A)

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

Hannah Hunter (H)

Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

Simon Jackson (S)

Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

David Sheridan (D)

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.

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