Acute myelomonocytic leukaemia complicated by an acute aortic thrombosis.
Acute aortic thrombosis is a rare condition, occurring mainly as a result of trauma or atherosclerosis and occasionally secondary to hypercoagulable states. We report a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia who developed an unusual complication, acute aortic thrombosis.
Leong
K W
KW
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Bosco
J J
JJ
Shaik
I B
IB
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging