Bacci Marcelo Rodrigues, Santos Janaina Aparecida Boide, Zing Natalia C P, Barros Danielle M
Department of General Practice, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jul 4;2013:bcr2013010036. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-010036.
Patients with AIDS have become more and more prevalent. Therefore, the onset of diseases that coexist with this condition must be studied in order to establish proper diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of a patient who reported with loss of strength in the lower limbs and a progressive worsening in his clinical picture. He was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia, an unusual form of association with the AIDS condition. Despite the diagnosis, he evolved into pulmonary sepsis and so staging and chemotherapy treatment could not be performed.
