Acute and Critical Care

Case Report

Hematology/Obstetric
Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Suspected Sepsis after Caesarean Section: Myoung Hwa Kim, Sung Won Na, Shin Ok Koh, Eun Jung Kim, Hye Jin Yoon, Yong Jae Lee, Hee Young Cho; Korean J Crit Care Med. 2014;29(2):99-104. Published online May 31, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2014.29.2.99

Abstract PDF: The incidence of acute leukemia during pregnancy is extremely rare, and often it is not easy to differentiate it from other diseases associated with pregnancy such as sepsis or hemorrhage. Pregnancy itself is not known to affect the natural course of leukemia; however, complications of leukemia like anemia, infections, and coagulopathy can adversely influence both the fetus and the mother. In this case, a pregnant patient misdiagnosed with septic shock and severe leukocytosis was correctly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia after surgical delivery.

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