Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the white blood cells. Its common manifestations are fatigue, fever, coagulopathy, anorexia, and pancytopenia. Oral manifestations are identified in huge majority of patients with AML of which gingival hyper...

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Main Authors: Arpit Shastri, Anurag Rohatgi, Shailaja Shukla, Roopali Dahiya, Aman Panchal, Divita Rohatgi
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Specialities
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/injms.injms_26_23
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author Arpit Shastri
Anurag Rohatgi
Shailaja Shukla
Roopali Dahiya
Aman Panchal
Divita Rohatgi
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description Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the white blood cells. Its common manifestations are fatigue, fever, coagulopathy, anorexia, and pancytopenia. Oral manifestations are identified in huge majority of patients with AML of which gingival hypertrophy is more specific to acute monocytic (M5) and acute myelomonocytic (M4) subtypes of AML. Very rarely, gingival hypertrophy may be encountered in patients with APL. Herein, we present a case of a young male who presented with gingival hypertrophy and was subsequently diagnosed with APL (M3).
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spelling doaj-art-dd871eb624944d91bde4f79da8caf0f22025-08-25T08:46:01ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Medical Specialities0976-28840976-28922023-04-0114211611810.4103/injms.injms_26_23Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical EncounterArpit ShastriAnurag RohatgiShailaja ShuklaRoopali DahiyaAman PanchalDivita RohatgiAcute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the white blood cells. Its common manifestations are fatigue, fever, coagulopathy, anorexia, and pancytopenia. Oral manifestations are identified in huge majority of patients with AML of which gingival hypertrophy is more specific to acute monocytic (M5) and acute myelomonocytic (M4) subtypes of AML. Very rarely, gingival hypertrophy may be encountered in patients with APL. Herein, we present a case of a young male who presented with gingival hypertrophy and was subsequently diagnosed with APL (M3).https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/injms.injms_26_23acute promyelocytic leukemiagingival hypertrophyoral manifestations
spellingShingle Arpit Shastri
Anurag Rohatgi
Shailaja Shukla
Roopali Dahiya
Aman Panchal
Divita Rohatgi
Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities
acute promyelocytic leukemia
gingival hypertrophy
oral manifestations
title Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
title_full Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
title_fullStr Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
title_full_unstemmed Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
title_short Gingival Hypertrophy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – A Rare Clinical Encounter
title_sort gingival hypertrophy in acute promyelocytic leukemia a rare clinical encounter
topic acute promyelocytic leukemia
gingival hypertrophy
oral manifestations
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/injms.injms_26_23
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