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[Necrotizing tonsillitis and renal vein thrombosis due to acute myeloid leukaemia]
Javed Akram1, Pernilla Josefsson, Frans Rømeling
1Øre-næse-halskirurgisk Afdeling E, Køge Sygehus, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark. javedakram@hotmail.com
Abstract:
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with severe tonsillitis with unilateral necrotizing tonsillitis. She suddenly got fever, malaise, difficulties swallowing, pain in the throat and deterioration despite four days of penicillin treatment. During hospitalisation, she experienced abdominal pain, and blood tests showed pancytopenia. She was transferred to a haematological department, where a bone marrow biopsy showed acute myeloid leukaemia. Subsequently, an abdominal computed tomography with intravenous contrast revealed bilateral renal vein thrombosis, probably because of coagulopathy due to leukaemia.
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