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• TITLE: Oral manifestations of acute promyelocytic leukemia: A case report

  AUTHORS: Daisuke Saito Daisuke Saito, Tadaharu Kobayashi, Yohei Oda, Kanae Niimi, Hiroyuki Kano, Chikara Saito

  KEYWORDS: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia; OralManifestations; Oral Care

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Stomatology, Vol.3 No.1, March 18, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Acuteleukemiaisoftenassociatedwithoralmanifestations.Wereportanacutepromyelocyticleukemia(APL)casewithoralmanifestationsleadingtothediagnosis. A21-year-oldfemale visitedourhospitalwithcomplaintsofgingivalbleedingandswellingoftheleftlowerwisdomtooth.Thepatient’scompletebloodcountrevealedamarkedincreaseinwhitebloodcellsandadecreaseinredbloodcellsandanabnormalleukocytedifferential,and APLwasdiagnosedonthebasisofbonemarrowsamples inthe internalmedicinedepartment.Thepatientwastreatedwithall-trans-retinoicacid combinedwithchemotherapyandhasmaintainedclinicalandmolecularcompleteremissionat12monthsoffollow-up. Dentalprofessionals shouldbeawareofclinicalmanifestationsandcomplicationsassociatedwith thesemalign-nantneoplasticdiseasestoaidindiagnosisandsubsequenttreatmentandmanagement.