Acute myelogenous leukemia in patients with ulcerative colitis

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1980 Sep;2(3):225-7. doi: 10.1097/00004836-198009000-00003.

Abstract

Of approximately 400 patients with ulcerative colitis admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City during 1970-1978, five developed acute myelogenous leukemia in the course of their illness. This association may be more than fortuitous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / etiology*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / mortality
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors