Pseudoleukemia due to infection. A case report.
A 29-year-old white female developed fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and hypovolemic shock. Twenty-four hours after resection of intraperitoneal adhesions she had granulocytopenia and leukopenia with a marked "left shift"; a bone marrow aspirate was interpreted as showing acute non-lymphocytic leukemia. The clinical presentation made this diagnosis unlikely and the subsequent course indicated that this was a reaction to bacterial infection.
D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis*