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Case Reports
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Developing with Acute Pancreatitis Mimicking Autoimmune Pancreatitis.
- Ryohei Sumitani, Taiki Hori, Jumpei Murai, Shiyori Kawata, Masahiro Oura, Kimiko Sogabe, Mamiko Takahashi, Takeshi Harada, Shiro Fujii, Hirokazu Miki, Kumiko Kagawa, Masahiro Abe, and Shingen Nakamura.
- Department of Hematology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2021 Jun 1; 60 (11): 1753-1757.
AbstractA 33-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for fever and abdominal pain. A blood analysis revealed pancytopenia and increased serum pancreatic enzymes with disseminated intravascular coagulation. A detailed examination revealed acute pancreatitis, with diffuse swelling of the pancreas and diffuse beaded dilatation of the main pancreatic duct, which mimicked autoimmune pancreatitis complicated by acute myeloid leukemia. Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy led to the remission of leukemia and pancreatitis. We hypothesized that the etiology of acute pancreatitis was invasion of leukemia cells. Acute pancreatitis is rare as a symptom of leukemia; however, we should consider the possibility of leukemia during the differential diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
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