Aortitis presenting as acute myeloid leukemia - A case report

Branden Ireifej; Majd Freijat; David Song; Nagma Shah; Dattatreya Mukherjee; Vikash Jaiswal

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104255

Aortitis presenting as acute myeloid leukemia - A case report

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Jul 31:80:104255. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104255. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Authors

Branden Ireifej¹, Majd Freijat², David Song¹, Nagma Shah¹, Dattatreya Mukherjee³, Vikash Jaiswal⁴

Affiliations

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, USA.
² Flow Rheumatology, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
³ Sasthya Sahay Health Research Organization, Konnagar, India.
⁴ Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, FL, USA.

Abstract

Introduction: Aortitis can be an initial presentation of many diseases, but most often include large cell vasculitis.

Case presentation: We present a case of a 53 year old female who presented with a myriad of symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, fever, and headaches. CT scan of the chest showed an inflamed aorta with an initial concern for a large cell vasculitis, but found later to be from her underlying acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Discussion/conclusion: Our case emphasizes the importance of aortitis being the initial presentation of a multitude of diseases including malignancy. It remains important, especially for rheumatologists, to consider blood cancers when presented with aortitis.

Background/introduction: Aortitis can be an initial presentation of many diseases, but most often include large cell vasculitis. We describe a case of aoritis being the initial presentation of AML.

Methods: SCARE 2020 Guidelines.

Keywords: Acute myeloid leukemia; Aortitis; Large cell vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports