Successful outcome of postsplenectomy chemotherapy in an acute myeloid leukemia patient with massive bilharzial splenomegaly

Successful outcome of postsplenectomy chemotherapy in an acute myeloid leukemia patient with massive bilharzial splenomegaly

Bilharzial hepatic fibrosis is usually accompanied by marked enlargement of the spleen. Schistosoma hematobium and Schistosoma mansoni infestation is endemic in Africa and southern part of Saudi Arabia. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) present with clinical features resulting from bone mar...

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Main Authors: Shahid Iqbal, Syed Zaidi, Khalid Al-Mohaimeed, Imran Tailor, Ibraheem Almotabi, Nawal Al-Shehry, Assem El-Ghazaly, Samer Al-mudaibegh, Mamoun Ibrahim, Karrar El-Hussein, Abdulaziz Al-Humaidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
Subjects:
myeloid leukemia
bilharziasis
splenectomy
splenomegaly
Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2014;volume=5;issue=4;spage=156;epage=160;aulast=Iqbal

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