PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Saxena, Shiv K.
AU  - Bin Salih, Salih A.
AU  - Al-Jizeeri, Ahmed H.
AU  - Kheir, Osman A.
TI  - Acute myeloblastic leukemia in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1013--1015
VI  - 24
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/9/1013.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/9/1013.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Sep 01; 24
AB  - Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by venous and arterial thrombosis, recurrent pregnancy loss and the presence of the lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies or both. Antiphospholipid syndrome may occur as a primary disease or in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune, infectious or neoplastic disorders. In this paper we report a 29-year-old Saudi female, a known case of antiphospholipid syndrome, presented with complaints of fever, breathlessness and generalized fatigue. Further investigations confirmed her as a case of myeloblastic leukemia (M1, French-American-British classification). Acute myeloblastic leukemia is not described to be associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome in the literature to date. This is the first case report of such association.