The optimal treatment for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) who are infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)/COVID‐19 is unknown.
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We report the case of a previously fit 27‐year‐old male who presented with a 3‐day history of fever (>39 C), swollen, erythematous elbows and no respiratory symptoms. His white blood count (WBC) was 187×10
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/L and bone marrow (Figure 1A & 1C) examination revealed normal karyotype AML with a fms related receptor tyrosine kinase 3 (
FLT3
) internal tandem duplication (ITD), wild‐type
NPM1
and no additional mutations on a next‐generation sequencing panel.
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