COVID-19 Infection and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Likely Marriage?

Division

East Florida

Hospital

Westside Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

11-3-2024

Keywords

acute myeloid leukemia, covid-19, internal medicine, leukocytosis, myeloproliferative disorder

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases | Internal Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences | Neoplasms | Virus Diseases

Abstract

In the early era of COVID-19, characterization of long-term complications was unfeasible. But in early 2021, the authors came across a patient with a new diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) that was highly suspected as being secondary to a previous COVID-19 infection. The similarities of this anomaly to Hodgkin Lymphoma occurring after Epstein Barr Virus prompted the authors to perform a qualitative review of the literature for a possible pathway of how COVID-19 can cause AML.

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

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