Relapse of acute leukemia presenting as acute cholecystitis following bone marrow transplantation

Hurley, R.; Weisdorf, D.J.; Jessurun, J.; Vercellotti, G.M.; Miller, W.J.

Bone Marrow Transplantation 10(4): 387-389

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0268-3369
PMID: 1422498
Document Number: 404236
Though included in the differential diagnosis of jaundice and abdominal pain, acute acalculous cholecystitis is an uncommon hepatobiliary complication of bone marrow transplantation. Leukemic infiltration of the gallbladder presenting as acute cholecystitis is rare. We describe two cases of acute cholecystitis following marrow transplantation that represented an unexpected relapse with leukemic infiltration of the gallbladder wall.

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