2012-02-29
The diagnosis for mystery case #8
The man was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), the M3 subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Mystery cells are fun to identify and we will do our best in finding more and again engage your interest. In the meantime you may find this recently published article in Nature interesting; it’s about the Role of ...
2011-01-19
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
A 36-year old Caucasian male without a relevant medical history was admitted to the emergency ward of a local hospital (Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands), because of acute chest pain. An anterolateral myocardial infarct was diagnosed (laboratory results showed: Troponine-T: 0,35 µg/L (elevated) and CK: 453 U/L (elevated)) and the patient was referred to ...