title: Massive Thrombosis of the Right Atrium Extended to the Superior Vena Cava at the Diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
abstract: Introduction. Venous thromboembolic disease is a common complication found in 8% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The location at the right atrium is exceptional. These last fifty years, only 6 cases of thrombosis of the atrium in the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia were published on PubMed search engine.Case Presentation. 35-year-old farmer, who had been admitted by emergency department for superior vena cava syndrome and had a hyperleukocytic AML with complex karyotype associated with a significant thrombosis of the right atrium, extended all along the superior vena cava. He has been treated by the 2011 AML protocol using low molecular weight heparin and died from respiratory distress.Conclusions. If thrombosis is common in AML, the location in right atrium is rare. Its management requires surgery that is sometimes difficult to achieve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Hospital August 20, 1953, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Bienvenu
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3058-5770
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Houssou
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Hospital August 20, 1953, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Gnon Gourou
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Orou-Guiwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd Hospital, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Habbal
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Hospital August 20, 1953, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Meryem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qachouh
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Hospital August 20, 1953, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Asmaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quessar