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Hypokalaemia and lactic acidosis in a patient with myelomonocytic leukemia
M N Gerding1, P M Blom van Assendelft
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sophia Hospital, Zwolle.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|February 1, 1990
We report a patient with myelomonocytic leukaemia, persistent hypokalaemia and lactic acidosis. Cytotoxic chemotherapy induced a short remission with normalisation of the potassium concentration; death resulted from lactic acidosis. These two uncommon complications of leukaemia are discussed briefly.
We report a patient with myelomonocytic leukaemia, persistent hypokalaemia and lactic acidosis. Cytotoxic chemotherapy induced a short remission with normalisation of the potassium concentration; death resulted from lactic acidosis. These two uncommon complications of leukaemia are discussed briefly.