title: Abnormal vaginal bleeding as first symptom of acute leukemia.
abstract: We report a case of a 37-year-old woman, presenting with vaginal hemorrhage, together with severe anemia and thrombocytopenia (hematocrit: 10.6%; platelets: 6 G/l) caused by previously unknown acute lymphocytic leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vienna, Austria. wibke.blaicher@akh.wien.ac.at
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blaicher
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jäger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*