Bilateral internal carotid artery occlusions in a pediatric patient with refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 770-772

  Fuh, Beng ^a   Lurito, Joseph ^b   Grossi, Mauro ^a   Daeschner, Charles ^a   Russo, Suzanne ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eastern Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Carotid occlusion; Cerebral infarct; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; ASPARAGINASE; CLOFARABINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FIBRINOGEN; FLUDARABINE; GLUCOSE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; MITOXANTRONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE PAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTUBATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PATHOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77950483300     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22432     Document Type: Article

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