What is it about?
Acute leukemia (AL) rarely occurs during pregnancy. Its incidence is estimated at 1/100 000 pregnancies. In 2/3 of the cases, it is acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). The dilemma is between chemotherapy which should not be delayed for a better therapeutic prognosis and a foetus at risk of malformation or morbidity and mortality by induced prematurity.
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Why is it important?
We report the observation of a 25-year-old patient in whom we diagnosed AML occurring during a pregnancy at 35 weeks of amenorrhea, and who benefited from obstetrical management then chemotherapy.
Perspectives
Acute leukemia (AL) is a group of a malignant blood disease characterized by clonal expansion in the bone marrow of blood cell precursors blocked at an early stage of their differentiation, the blasts. There are two main types: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
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This page is a summary of: Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Discovered in the 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, July 2024, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2400148.
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