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. 1980 Jun;33(6):547–551. doi: 10.1136/jcp.33.6.547

Acute myelogenous leukaemia with bilateral mammary gland involvement.

J R O'Donnell, M A Farrell
PMCID: PMC1146140  PMID: 6931109

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman developed acute myelogenous leukaemia in the course of pregnancy and, after delivery of a normal baby, developed multiple bilateral breast masses composed of myelogenous tissue.

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