Acute myeloid leukemia complicated with staghorn calculus.
An 11-year-old girl who presented with hyperleukocytosis accompanied by significant increases in serum uric acid and lactate dehydrogenase levels was discovered to be suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Subsequently a staghorn calculus was identified 22 months after the start of chemotherapy. The diagnosis of staghorn calculi was suggested by plain abdominal X-ray and ultrasonography. This paper describes the course of an adolescent patient with AML and focuses specifically upon her urological complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported pediatric case of AML complicated with staghorn calculi, which developed following repeated episodes of septicemia.
Jaing
Tang-Her
TH
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Hung
Iou-Jih
IJ
Lin
Chi-Jen
CJ
Chiu
Cheng-Hsun
CH
Luo
Chih-Cheng
CC
Wang
Chao-Jan
CJ
D002648:Child; D003556:Cystitis / Q000150:complications; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000150:complications; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography