Oral Manifestation as the Main Sign of an Advanced Stage Acute promyelocytic Leukemia

• Main Authors: Bianca Piscinato Piedade Rosa (Author), Fábio Augusto Ito (Author), Fausto Celso Trigo (Author), Lauro Toyoshi Mizuno (Author), Ademar Takahama Junior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Zagreb. School of Dental Medicine, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive malignant neoplasm occurring mainly in elderly, with the median age of 65 years. Oral manifestations, mainly spontaneous bleeding, are a common finding in acute myelocytic leukemia and may represent the initial evidence of the disease. This report describes a...