The heart in leukemias
The heart in leukemias | |
Abscesses Candida: Gross natural color excellent depiction myocardial abscesses Candida tropicalis in 51yo man with acute monocytic leukemia. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Histopathological Findings
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HEART: Abscess: Micro PAS high mag pseudohyphae of Candida. A leukemia case
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HEART: Abscess: Micro H&E high mag abscess due to Candida with marked muscle necrosis. A leukemia case
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HEART: Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis: Gross natural color extensive thrombi in patient with eosinophilic leukemia
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HEART: Abscesses Candida: Gross natural color excellent depiction myocardial abscesses Candida tropicalis in 51yo man with acute monocytic leukemia
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HEART: Abscesses Candida: Gross natural color excellent example three horizontal sections myocardium with obvious abscesses Candida tropicalis in 51yo man with acute monocytic leukemia.
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HEART: Candida Abscesses: Gross natural color horizontal slices of ventricle with typical bulls-eye lesions case of acute monocytic leukemia (abscess caused by Candida tropicalis)
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HEART: Candida Abscesses: Gross natural color close-up view of one horizontal ventricular section typical bulls-eye lesions case of acute monocytic leukemia (abscess caused by Candida tropicalis)
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HEART: Note the biventricular, predominantly subepicardial diffuse infiltrates. The patient was a 45-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia who died with disseminated disease.
References
Additional Resources
- Extensive myocardial infiltration by hemopoietic precursors in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome. Farrah J Mateen, Sheila R Harding, and Anurag Saxena BMC Blood Disord. 2006; 6: 4. Published online 2006 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2326-6-4. PMID 1569821
See Also
- The Heart in Central and Peripheral Nervous System Cancers
- The Heart in Multiple Myeloma
- The Heart in Urinary System Tumors
- The Heart in Lung Cancers
- The Heart in Thyroid and Parathyroid Cancers
- The Heart in Osteosarcomas
- The Heart in Breast Cancer
- The Heart in Gastrointestinal, Hepatobilier & Pancreatic Tumors
- The Heart in Skin Cancers
- The Heart in Gynecologic Tumors
- The Heart in Peritoneal and Mesothelial Tumors
- The Heart in Head and Neck Tumors
- The Heart in Lymphomas
- The Heart in Tumors that Originated from Vascular Structure
- The Heart in Primary Myocardial Tumors