A Clinical Case of Successful Treatment of Generalized Tuberculosis in a Patient with Promyelocytic Leukemia
V. V. Tinkova, L. D. Nazarova, V. N. Senchikhin, N. V. Kuzmina, M. S. Bulgakov
Tuberculosis and lung diseases · 2025-09
Abstract
The article presents a clinical case describing difficulties of diagnosing tuberculosis in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia during therapy with retinoic acid derivatives and arsenic trioxide. Immediacy and individual approach to treatment and diagnosing tactics made it possible to effectively complete the course of treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia and generalized tuberculosis achieving a cure of these diseases.
MeSH terms
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Retinoic acid
- Leukemia
- Internal medicine
- Tretinoin
- Arsenic trioxide
- Oncology
- Complete remission
- Daunorubicin