Isolated cardiac involvement of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia mimicking acute myocardial infarction with persistent broad ST-segment elevation

Circulation. 2012 Jun 5;125(22):e979-82. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.050930.

Authors

Yuki Kakefuda¹, Akira Sato, Tomoya Hoshi, Tomoko Ishizu, Hiroshi Tada, Kaishi Satomi, Yukio Morishita, Yasushi Okoshi, Chiho Tokunaga, Yuzuru Sakakibara, Kazutaka Aonuma

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.

PMID: 22665888
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.050930

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

B-Lymphocytes* / pathology
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography*
Female
Heart
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology*
Myocardium / pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology