Tag Archives: AML

Case 69 – part 2 – summary

Posted on 20/12/2016 by

This patient has a medical emergency. She has pancytopenia with evidence of bleeding. There are abnormal promyelocytes and faggot cells (below) which are indicative of acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Acute promyelocytic leukaemia is a subtype of acute myeloid leukaemia characterised by … Continue reading →

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Case 69 – part 2 – the beginning

Posted on 19/12/2016 by

A 21 year old female presents with epistaxis and bleeding gums and the following blood count: Hb 69g/L Platelets 27×10*9/L WCC 12×10*9/L     Questions What is your immediate management? What tests would you like to perform?   Please reply … Continue reading →

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Case 51 – summary

Posted on 15/01/2016 by

Thank you for all of your input this week. This week we looked at a patient who was diagnosed with AML in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. She initially presented with a rash which, following a biopsy, was diagnosed as … Continue reading →

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Case 51 – update 2

Posted on 13/01/2016 by

Our patient has been diagnosed with AML. FISH for t(15;17) is negative. The full cytogenetic report is awaited.  She is currently an inpatient and following discussion with the haematology, obstetric, neonatology and anaesthetic team she and the teams caring for … Continue reading →

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Case 51 – update 1

Posted on 11/01/2016 by

So we have our first update. Our 20 year old lady who is now 32 weeks pregnant attended with a rash. This is her first pregnancy. She has been increasingly tired over the last 6 weeks, but has put this … Continue reading →

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Case 51 – the beginning

Posted on 10/01/2016 by

After a short break welcome to our new case! This week we start in general practice.  A 20 year old lady attends who found out she was pregnant 4 weeks ago. Her dating scan at the time showed that she … Continue reading →

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Case 46 – #UnofficialCSIM2 summary

Posted on 20/10/2015 by

Thank you to those of you who joined in with this case; we hope it was a useful and enjoyable way to learn. We covered a few important topics during the case: the differential for a macrocytic anaemia Investigating macrocytosis … Continue reading →

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Case 20 – the beginning

Posted on 17/02/2014 by

You review a 25 year old female on the haematology ward as part of the daily ward round. She is day +13 post allogeneic stem cell transplant for relapsed AML. What should you include in your assessment? Consider potential complications … Continue reading →

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