title: [Acute myeloblastic leukemia associated with chronic thyroiditis].
abstract: A 57-year-old woman who suffered from acute myeloblastic leukemia during the course of chronic thyroiditis, is described. The patient was diagnosed as having chronic thyroiditis in 1984 when she was 53 year-old, and was treated with L-T4.Na. She admitted in July 1988 because of general fatigue, fever, cough and sore throat. On admission, hematological examination in the peripheral blood showed marked anemia and increased leukocytes with 20.5% leukemic cells positive for peroxidase staining. Bone marrow aspiration showed 38.8% leukemic cells. She was diagnosed acute myeloblastic leukemia. She reached complete remission after combination chemotherapy. The case of acute myeloblastic leukemia associated with chronic thyroiditis is rarely reported. We reviewed the literature and discussed acute myeloblastic leukemia associated with chronic thyroiditis including this case.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hyakutake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sueoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matuzaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*