Acute promyelocytic leukemia with an unusual presentation of secondary postpartum hemorrhage
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TO THE EDITOR: Acute leukemia during pregnancy is rare [1-8]. The exact incidence of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in pregnant women is unknown; however, approximately 50 such cases have been reported in the literature [1-4, 7, 8]. APL is a unique type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by proliferation of neoplastic promyelocytes bearing a specific chromosomal translocation t(15;17). We report a case of APL with an unusual presentation of secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
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