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Acute abdominal pain due to atypical bilateral adrenal infarction in acute myeloid leukemia with alterations related to myelodysplasia: A case report.

Risa HirataMasaki TagoShun YamashitaSatsuki YamamotoShizuka YaitaYuka HirakawaMaiko OnoShu-Ichi Yamashita
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
A 49-year-old man developed acute abdominal pain following adrenal insufficiency and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with myelodysplasia-related changes. Because AML can cause acute abdominal pain due to adrenal infarction following adrenal insufficiency, a patient with these conditions should be ruled out adrenal infarction due to AML or other hematologic diseases.
Keyphrases
  • abdominal pain
  • acute myeloid leukemia
  • liver failure
  • respiratory failure
  • drug induced
  • allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • aortic dissection
  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • mechanical ventilation