Acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation

A rare, acute myeloid leukemia characterized by no significant myeloid maturation and more than 90% blast cells in the non-erythroid population. Various degrees of anemia, thrombocytopenia, or pancytopenia are present. Frequent clinical manifestations include fatigue, fever, bleeding disorders, and organomegaly, especially hepatosplenomegaly.

Torsade de pointes

A type of ventricular tachycardia characterized by polymorphioc QRS complexes that change in amplitue and cycle length, and thus have the appearance of oscillating around the baseline in the EKG.

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PMID (PMCID)
1942537	FEMALE	Adult
	[Torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia in a patient with acute myelocytic leukemia].
	Morioka M, Kakinoki Y, Katagiri M, Iwasaki H, Gotohda Y, Kobayashi T, Tanaka M, Sakurada K, Miyazaki T. Rinsho Ketsueki. 1991;32(9):1009-11.
	We experienced Torsade-de-pointes arrhythmia during the treatment of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML); The patient was a 28 year old woman and had an AML-M1.