A rare case of massive hepatosplenomegaly due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in pregnancy
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A rare case of massive hepatosplenomegaly due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in pregnancy.
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is rarely seen in pregnancy. Massive hepatosplenomegaly as a presentation of ALL has not been described previously in any patient population. A 30-year-old pregnant woman presented at 16 weeks' gestation with epistaxis, jaundice, diffuse abdominal pain and distension, massive hepatosplenomegaly and peripheral oedema. On the basis of blood tests, bone marrow b...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2017.v107i5.12313