Meeting
Abstract Number: 800
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male, post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presented to an outside hospital with high fevers, frontal lobe headaches, and blood-tinged sinus drainage, two weeks after completing chemotherapy. Days later, the patient was transferred to our hospital for advanced care, reporting continued fevers (up to 38.6oC), […]
Abstract Number: 844
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 19 year old male who presented to Riverside Medical Center with acute onset, progressive bilateral lower extremity weakness and paresthesias, urinary retention and saddle anesthesia. Initial CBC significant for anemia and thrombocytopenia. Peripheral smear showed 67% circulating blasts with occasional Auer rods, which was suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia. Flow cytommetry showed expression […]