Acute leukemia. An atypical case presenting with gingival manifestations.
A case of acute myeloblastic leukemia is reported in which the mode of presentation was an atypical gingival lesion. A definite diagnosis was not made until the patient was in a final stage due to non-diagnostic histologic material. One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia. Leukemia must be considered even if initial investigations are negative, as in the case presented.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology*; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D005886:Gingival Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis