UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN A PATIENT WITH LEUKEMIA: CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Authors: Charles G. Zubrod, Leon Rosenberg, N. Raphael Shulman, Vernon Knight, Wallace P. Rowe, John Edgcomb, T. F. Hilbish
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Clinical Pathological Conference1 December 1960UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN A PATIENT WITH LEUKEMIA: CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHCHARLES G. ZUBROD, M.D., LEON ROSENBERG, M.D., N. RAPHAEL SHULMAN, M.D., VERNON KNIGHT, M.D., WALLACE P. ROWE, M.D., JOHN EDGCOMB, M.D., T. F. HILBISH, M.D.CHARLES G. ZUBROD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEON ROSENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, N. RAPHAEL SHULMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VERNON KNIGHT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALLACE P. ROWE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN EDGCOMB, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, T. F. HILBISH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-6-1211 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Charles G. Zubrod: Dr. Leon Rosenberg, of the Metabolism Service, National Cancer Institute, will present the clinical findings, and we have asked two clinicians from other Institutes to discuss the problem. Then Dr. John Edgcomb, Pathologic Anatomy Branch, National Cancer Institute, will present the autopsy findings. In addition, we have an invited speaker, as yet unnamed, who does know the diagnosis, and who will tell us more about some of the specific findings from the research viewpoint.DR. LEONROSENBERG: This 37 year old white male State Department Foreign Service officer noted the onset of weakness, easy fatigability, headaches,...Bibliography1. AllenBarkerHines EVNWEA, and associates at the Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation: Peripheral vascular disease, 2nd ed., 1955, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. MayfieldCondie GRF: Paradoxical mucorthrombosis in thrombocytopenic purpura, Arch. Path. 63: 260, 1957. Google Scholar3. StefaniniAllegra MS: Pulmonary mucormycosis in acute histiocytic leukemia, New England J. Med. 256: 1026, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. JesionekKiolemenoglou : Ueber einen Befund von protozoenartigen Gebilden in den Organen eines hereditar-luetischen Foetus, München. Med. Wchnschr. 51: 1905-1907, 1904. Google Scholar5. von GlahnPappenheimer WCAM: Intranuclear inclusions in visceral disease, Am. J. Path. 1: 445, 1925. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. GoodpastureTalbot EWFB: Concerning the nature of "protozoan-like" cells in certain lesions of infancy, Am. J. Dis. Child. 21: 415, 1921. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bethesda, Maryland*Received for publication September 16, 1960.This is an edited transcription of a clinical pathological conference at the Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, by the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles G. Zubrod, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND THEIR RELATION TO MALE INFERTILITYCYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCYRecovery of Cytomegalovirus from Adults with Neoplastic DiseaseCHARLES P. DUVALL, M.D., ALBERT R. CASAZZA, M.D., PHILIP M. GRIMLEY, M.D., PAUL P. CARBONE, M.D., WALLACE P. ROWE, M.D.Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease in Patients with Acute LeukemiaGERALD P. BODEY, M.D., PAUL T. WERTLAKE, M.D., GEORGE DOUGLAS, M.D., ROBERT H. LEVIN, M.D. 1 December 1960Volume 53, Issue 6Page: 1211-1227KeywordsAutopsyEpidemiologyInfantsMedical servicesPancreasPrevention, policy, and public healthSaliva ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...