Duhan Amrita, Kalra Rajnish, Kamra Hemlata T, Agarwal Anand, Rana Parveen, Agarwal Ruchi, Verma Sanjay
BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur, Sonepat, Haryana 131305, India.
Ecancermedicalscience. 2014 Feb 5;8:397. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2014.397. eCollection 2014.
Haematologic malignancies such as acute and chronic leukaemias rarely present with or develop pleural effusion during their clinical course. We present a case of a young female who presented with unilateral pleural effusion and was diagnosed with haematologic malignancy on pleural fluid cytology. On further workup, a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia was established. The patient was put on chemotherapy thereafter. This case clearly highlights the importance of cytopathology aids in making a diagnosis of rare and unusual presentation in haematologic malignancies.
血液系统恶性肿瘤，如急性和慢性白血病，在其临床过程中很少出现或发展为胸腔积液。我们报告一例年轻女性病例，该患者出现单侧胸腔积液，经胸腔积液细胞学检查诊断为血液系统恶性肿瘤。进一步检查后，确诊为急性髓系白血病。此后患者接受了化疗。该病例清楚地凸显了细胞病理学辅助诊断在血液系统恶性肿瘤罕见和不寻常表现诊断中的重要性。
