Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Rapidly progressing, fatal and acute promyelocytic leukaemia that initially manifested as a painful third molar: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Rapidly progressing fatal and acute promyelocytic leukaemia that initially manifested as a painful third molar a case report Juan A Suarez-Cuenca 1 2 3 José L Arellano-Sanchez1 2 Aldo A Scherling-Ocampo1 2 Gerardo Sanchez-Hernandez2 David Pérez-Guevara4 and Juan R Chalapud-Revelo5 Address Department of Internal Medicine Ticomán General Hospital SSDF Mexico City Mexico 2Xoco General Hospital SSDF Av México Coyoacan s n esq Bruno Traven Mexico City Mexico 3Cellular Biology Department Postgraduate Program in Biomedical Science Institute of Cellular Physiology Circuito Exterior s n Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City Mexico 4Maxillofacial Surgery Department Division of Research and Postgraduate Studies Faculty of Dentistry Av Institutos s n Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City Mexico and 5Haematology Department National Cancer Institute Av San Fernando Mexico City Mexico Email Juan A Suarez-Cuenca - jsuarez@ José L Arellano-Sanchez - md_arlos79@ Aldo A Scherling- Ocampo - aldosterona1@ Gerardo Sanchez-Hernandez - gmtp@ David Pérez-Guevara - dvdprz@ Juan R Chalapud-Revelo - injuan@ Corresponding author Published 3 November 2009 Received 18 October 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 102 doi 1752-1947-3-102 Accepted 3 November 2009 This article is available from http content 3 1 102 2009 Suárez-Cuenca et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Acute promyelocytic leukaemia an uncommon and devastating subtype of leukaemia is highly prevalent in Latin American populations. The disease may be detected by a dentist since oral signs are .