A Case of Acute Leukemia Complicated with Gastric Cancer.
- Author:
Woo Jin KIM
1
;
Woong Soo LEES
;
Sung Joon KWON
;
In Soon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple primary tumor;
Acute leukemia;
Gastric cancer
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Bone Marrow Examination;
Diagnosis;
Drug Therapy;
Endoscopy;
Gastrectomy;
Hemorrhage;
Histocytochemistry;
Humans;
Immunophenotyping;
Induction Chemotherapy;
Leukemia*;
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute;
Middle Aged;
Pancytopenia;
Recurrence;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
2001;21(5):323-326
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 57-year-old man with a long history of smoking was admitted because of a history of abdominal pain lasting 2 weeks. An endoscopy revealed advanced gastric cancer. Four days after a subtotal gastrectomy, his peripheral blood count showed pancytopenia and five percent immature cells. Diagnosis of acute myelocytic leukemia was made by bone marrow examination, cytochemistry, and immunophenotyping. Induction chemotherapy was started and complete remission was achieved. Three months later, the patient suffered a relapse of leukemia and died of pulmonary hemorrhage during reinduction chemotherapy.
