Souissi Iheb
Tunisia
Case Report
Recurrent Ischemic Cerebrovascular Accidents with Recurrent Acute Ischemia of the Left Upper Limb Revealing Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Author(s): Ben Jmaa Hela, Masmoudi Sayda, Ghorbel Nesrine, Djmal Hassen, Gueldich Majdi, Abdi Ayda, Souissi Iheb and Frikha ImedBen Jmaa Hela, Masmoudi Sayda, Ghorbel Nesrine, Djmal Hassen, Gueldich Majdi, Abdi Ayda, Souissi Iheb and Frikha Imed
Acute and recurrent ischemic episodes in multiple vascular territories in acute leukemia are unusual and rare. Only some cases have been reported. In most of these cases, the diagnosis was acute promyelocytic leukemia (type 3).
We report in this paper a case of acute myeloid leukemia (type 1) revealed by acute upper limb ischemia associated to recurrent stroke in a 55 year-old patient. .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-6925.1000209