A Case of Abdominal Sarcoidosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Abstract

The allogeneic bone marrow transplantation usually preceded by induction chemotherapy, in fit patients, represents the gold standard in the acute myeloid leukaemia. In the last years, many trials have been set up with the view of improving the number of remissions during the induction by adding new drugs. Several early or late side effects have been described in the literature. We herein present a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia patient who, after chemotherapy, developed ascites that turned out to be abdominal sarcoidosis.

Scar Sarcoidosis Developed after Blepharoplasty in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patient

“…There have been several reports on sarcoidosis related to hematological malignancies. Among these, only four reports described sarcoidosis that developed after acute leukemia, after a period ranging from 11 months to 17 years 4 . There are several hypotheses to explain the relationship between acute leukemia and sarcoidosis.…”