Massive Pulmonary Embolism at the Onset of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Life-threatening bleeding is a major and early complication of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), but in the last years there is a growing evidence of thromboses in APL. We report the first case of a young woman with dyspnea as the first symptom of APL due to massive pulmonary embolism (PE) success...

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Main Authors: Sorà, Federica, Chiusolo, Patrizia, Laurenti, Luca, Autore, Francesco, Giammarco, Sabrina, Sica, Simona
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928521/