Acute myelomonocytic leukaemia complicated by an acute aortic thrombosis

K W Leong; J J Bosco; I B Shaik

doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.832.112

Acute myelomonocytic leukaemia complicated by an acute aortic thrombosis

Postgrad Med J. 1995 Feb;71(832):112-3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.832.112.

Authors

K W Leong¹, J J Bosco, I B Shaik

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Abstract

Acute aortic thrombosis is a rare condition, occurring mainly as a result of trauma or atherosclerosis and occasionally secondary to hypercoagulable states. We report a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia who developed an unusual complication, acute aortic thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aorta, Abdominal
Aortic Diseases / complications*
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Aortography
Humans
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / complications*
Male
Thrombosis / complications*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging