Systemic Sarcoidosis Preceeding Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed acute myeloid leukemia nine months after the resolution of systemic sarcoidosis treated by corticosteroid therapy. This rare case poses the questions of the physiopathogenic mechanisms, particularly a granulomatous reaction to leukemic antigens or to cytokines or of the role of an infectious agent.

Keywords:

• Leukemia
• myelocytic
• acute
• sarcoidosis
• pulmonary
• lung diseases