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Acute megakaryocytic leukemia presenting as hypercalcemia with skeletal lytic lesions
Author(s) -
Muler Jeffrey H.,
Valdez Riccardo,
Hayes Curtis,
Kaminski Mark S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02715.x
Subject(s) - lytic cycle , medicine , leukemia , cancer research , pathology , immunology , virus
Acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AML M7) is a rare type of acute myelogenous leukemia in adults, commonly presenting with myelofibrosis. This report describes a case of a 32‐yr‐old male who presented with hypercalcemia and bony lytic lesions, in the absence of myelofibrosis. The diagnosis of AML M7 should be considered in a patient with pancytopenia, lytic lesions and hypercalcemia.