International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences

  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Bilateral breast involvement in acute myeloid leukemia

1Department of Pathology, Khaja BandanaWaz Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India

2Department of Medicine, Khaja BandanaWaz Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author Email: attar.hakeem@gmail.com

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Abstract

Breast involvement by leukemic infiltration is usually bilateral, but may be unilateral. Clinically patients can present with either single or multiple masses, or with diffuse breast engorgement, with or without nodularity. The affected patients are predominantly young adults. We present a case of an adolescent girl with acute myeloid leukemia having bilateral breast infiltration by leukemic cells.

Keywords

Breast, Acute myeloid leukemia, Bilateral