Tongue Involvement in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Clinical case of extramedullary tongue involvement in acute myeloid leukemia (AML): leukemic blast deposits on the mucous membrane.

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Clinical photo: foci of leukemic infiltration on the tongue in AML

Acute myeloid leukemia: raised lesions on the tongue caused by leukemic blast deposits in a 41-year-old man with AML. Source: Hoffbrand - Color Atlas of Clinical Hematology Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease 5-ed, 2019

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Tongue Involvement in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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