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Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Treatment of Early Breast Cancer: Case Report and Literature Review

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Background

Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia has been widely accepted for decades as one of the most serious long-term complications of treatment for early breast cancer.

Case

We report the case of a patient with therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia that may have been caused by regional radiation, chemotherapy, or endocrine therapy after surgery. A 35-year-old female was diagnosed 7 years ago as having stage IIA left breast cancer; she was treated by conservative surgery, followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy for 5 years. After 1 year of active follow-up, she presented with complaints of mild fever, weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, and multiple bruises all over the body. Complete blood count revealed a hemoglobin level of 4 g/dl and total leukocyte count of 40,000 cells/mm3, with multiple blast cells in peripheral smear. Bone marrow biopsy and immunophenotyping established the diagnosis as AML. Before starting the treatment, she died following multiple organ failure.

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Special thanks are due to the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakech and Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech.

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  1. Radiation-Oncology Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco

    Issam Lalya, Abdelhamid El Omrani & Mouna Khouchani

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

    Issam Lalya, Ismail Essadi, Rhizlane Belbaraka, Abdelhamid El Omrani & Mouna Khouchani

  3. Medical Oncology Department, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco

    Ismail Essadi

  4. Medical Oncology Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco

    Rhizlane Belbaraka

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IL and IE performed the research and wrote the manuscript. RB, AE, and MK coordinated the research and revised and approved the final manuscript.

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Lalya, I., Essadi, I., Belbaraka, R. et al. Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Treatment of Early Breast Cancer: Case Report and Literature Review. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 17, 60 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-019-0308-z

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