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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;190(4):e248-e250.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.16864. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia lying under the mask of COVID-19-a diagnostic and therapeutic conundrum

Isabel Farmer  1 , Jumoke Okikiolu  1 , Matthew Steel  1 , Chandima Wanniarachchi  1 , Shona Littlewood  1 , Sunil Gupta  1 , Muragaiyan Thanigaikumar  1 , S Helen Oram  1 , Mufaddal Moonim  2 , Austin G Kulasekararaj  3 , Tullie Yeghen  1
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Case Reports

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia lying under the mask of COVID-19-a diagnostic and therapeutic conundrum

Isabel Farmer et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: acute promyelocytic leukaemia; clinical haematology; coagulation; differentiation.

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CT chest axial slice demonstrating extensive bilateral patchy, peripheral consolidative changes throughout the lungs.
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Bone marrow trephine biopsy: Bone marrow biopsy showing numerous blasts, many with bilobate/reniform nuclei and cytoplasmic granules. The background shows dysplastic erythropoiesis and scattered plasma cells. Haematoxylin and eosin staining, ×20.
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