Author/Authors :
Houssou, Bienvenu Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology - Hospital August 20 - University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco , Orou-Guiwa, Gnon Gourou Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology - Hospital August 20 - University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco , Habbal, Rachida Department of Cardiology - Ibn Rochd Hospital - University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco , Qachouh, Meryem Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology - Hospital August 20 - University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco , Quessar, Asmaa Department of Clinical Hematology and Pediatric Oncology - Hospital August 20 - University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
Abstract :
Introduction. Venous thromboembolic disease is a common complication found in 8% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The
location at the right atrium is exceptional. These last fifty years, only 6 cases of thrombosis of the atrium in the diagnosis of acute
myeloid leukemia were published on PubMed search engine. Case Presentation. 35-year-old farmer, who had been admitted by
emergency department for superior vena cava syndrome and had a hyperleukocytic AML with complex karyotype associated with
a significant thrombosis of the right atrium, extended all along the superior vena cava. He has been treated by the 2011 AML protocol
using low molecular weight heparin and died from respiratory distress. Conclusions. If thrombosis is common in AML, the location
in right atrium is rare. Its management requires surgery that is sometimes difficult to achieve.
