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Acute promyelocytic leukaemia lying under the mask of COVID‐19‐a diagnostic and therapeutic conundrum

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Abstract The diagnosis and management of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML) in the context COVID‐19 poses a challenge for clinicians. We present a case illustrating this due to the masking of… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The diagnosis and management of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML) in the context COVID‐19 poses a challenge for clinicians. We present a case illustrating this due to the masking of the typical laboratory pattern of APML coagulopathy and the potential heightened risks of thrombosis and differentiation syndrome (DS) when the two conditions are combined.

Keywords: promyelocytic leukaemia; acute promyelocytic; covid; lying mask; leukaemia lying

Journal Title: British Journal of Haematology
Year Published: 2020

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