title: A 56-year-old man with acute promyelocytic leukemia and pulmonary infiltrates.
abstract: A 56-year-old man presented to the ED of an outside hospital with 2 days of bleeding gums and easy bruising. He denied episodes of melena, hematemesis, or hematuria and had no epistaxis. Routine blood work showed pancytopenia and evidence of diffuse intravascular coagulation. A bone marrow biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia. He was transferred to our hospital for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jennifer Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: sidney.braman@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Sidney S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Braman
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone