Isolated extramedullary relapse of acute myelocytic leukemia after bone marrow transplantation affecting left ventricle and right atrium in an adult

Authors

  • Ling Yun Kong Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University
  • Min Liu Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University
  • De Peng Li General hospital of the Second Artillery of People's Liberation Army
  • Xiu Zhang Lv Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17987/icfj.v6i0.157

Keywords:

leukemia, cardiac, extramedullary, relapse, echocardiography

Abstract

Isolated extramedullary relapse (IEMR) of acute leukemia after bone marrow transplantation is rare, particularly the heart. We report a case in a female patient which involved both the right atrium in the form of a mass and the left ventricle as asymmetric infiltrative hypertrophy.

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Published

2016-05-04

Issue

Vol. 6 (2016)

Section

Letters to the Editor

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