The heart in leukemias

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Histopathological Findings

HEART: Abscess: Micro PAS high mag pseudohyphae of Candida. A leukemia case
HEART: Abscess: Micro H&E high mag abscess due to Candida with marked muscle necrosis. A leukemia case

HEART: Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis: Gross natural color extensive thrombi in patient with eosinophilic leukemia
HEART: Abscesses Candida: Gross natural color excellent depiction myocardial abscesses Candida tropicalis in 51yo man with acute monocytic leukemia

HEART: Abscesses Candida: Gross natural color excellent example three horizontal sections myocardium with obvious abscesses Candida tropicalis in 51yo man with acute monocytic leukemia.
HEART: Candida Abscesses: Gross natural color horizontal slices of ventricle with typical bulls-eye lesions case of acute monocytic leukemia (abscess caused by Candida tropicalis)

HEART: Candida Abscesses: Gross natural color close-up view of one horizontal ventricular section typical bulls-eye lesions case of acute monocytic leukemia (abscess caused by Candida tropicalis)
HEART: Note the biventricular, predominantly subepicardial diffuse infiltrates. The patient was a 45-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia who died with disseminated disease.

References

Additional Resources

Extensive myocardial infiltration by hemopoietic precursors in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome. Farrah J Mateen, Sheila R Harding, and Anurag Saxena BMC Blood Disord. 2006; 6: 4. Published online 2006 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2326-6-4. PMID 1569821

Histopathological Findings