Adult Gaucher disease in association with acute leukaemia.
A non-Jewish patient diagnosed as having Gaucher disease at the age of 67 is described. Fourteen months after presentation he was diagnosed as having acute myeloid leukaemia. A possible association between Gaucher disease and acute myeloid leukaemia is suggested.
D000368:Aged; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male