title: [Unusual form of presentation of acute monocytic leukemia. Report of a clinical case that developed endocarditis].
abstract: The authors describe an acute monocytic leukemia (M5) developed in a 16-year-old boy with febril syndrome, aortic valve vegetations, bicytopenia and dismyelopoieses.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina III, Hospital de Santa Maria, I.N.I.C. Lisboa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carmo
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Carlos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Forma pouco habitual de apresentação de leucemia monocítica aguda. A propósito de um caso clínico que evoluiu com endocardite.