title: Acute promyelocytic leukaemia presenting as postpartum haemorrhage.
abstract: Acute leukaemia is encountered rarely in obstetric practice, occurring once in every 100,000 pregnancies. Such cases are usually diagnosed in the second and third trimesters. We describe a patient who developed a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) as the presenting feature of acute promyelocytic leukaemia, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Mids, UK.
authors.forename: R J A
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Murrin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Adjetey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warwick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis; D012074:Remission Induction