Unilateral proptosis: extramedullary manifestation of acute myeloid leukaemia

  • Pallavi Gahlowt
  • Priyadarshini Cholera
  • Rajesh Rai
  • Fehmida Najmuddin
  • Khushal Avasthi
  • Keya Lahiri
Publication date
March 2016
Publisher
Limited liability company «Science and Innovations» (Saratov)
ISSN
2304-3415
Journal
issn:2304-3415

Abstract

Unilateral proptosis as a sole presentation of acute myeloid leukaemia is not very common. A systematic approach and a peripheral blood smear can help detect and arrest this fatal disease at an early stage. We present a case of acute myeloid leukaemia presenting as unilateral proptosis that was successfully treated with chemotherapy and is in remission

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