RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute myeloblastic leukemia in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1013
OP 1015
VO 24
IS 9
A1 Shiv K. Saxena
A1 Salih A. Bin Salih
A1 Ahmed H. Al-Jizeeri
A1 Osman A. Kheir
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/9/1013.abstract
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.