Multiple acute ischemic strokes as the onset manifestation of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Maria Mirabela Manea; Ana Maria Dobri; Dorin Dragoş; Gabriela Borsaru; Sorin Tuţă

doi:10.2478/rjim-2018-0021

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Multiple acute ischemic strokes as the onset manifestation of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

Volume 56 (2018): Issue 4 (December 2018)

By: Maria Mirabela Manea, Ana Maria Dobri, Dorin Dragoş, Gabriela Borsaru and Sorin Tuţă

Open Access

|Dec 2018

Abstract

Acute promyelocytic leukemia often manifests with hemorrhagic diathesis, thrombotic events being much rarer. This is the case of a 59-year-old patient with thrombotic cerebro-vascular complications as the onset manifestation of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2018-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749

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Language: English

Page range: 265 - 268

Submitted on: Apr 21, 2018

Published on: Dec 5, 2018

Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

multiple ishemic strokes,

acute promyelocytic leukemia,

Related subjects:

Internal medicine, other,

Cardiology,

Gastroenterology,

Rheumatology

© 2018 Maria Mirabela Manea, Ana Maria Dobri, Dorin Dragoş, Gabriela Borsaru, Sorin Tuţă, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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Volume 56 (2018): Issue 4 (December 2018)