Manifestação oral de leucemia mielóide aguda – estudo de caso

Abstract

According to the National Cancer Institute – INCA, for each year 2023-2025, 704 thousand new cases of cancer are expected in Brazil, of which 5,920 men and 4,890 women are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) occurs in the blood cells of the bone marrow, with a higher incidence in white blood cells. Its origin is unknown and it can present systemic and oral manifestations. This work reports the case of a male patient, 60 years old, who attended the emergency room of the clinical hospital after numerous visits to the basic health unit without a clinical diagnosis. The patient presented with oral manifestations on the tip of the tongue, lymphadenopathy in the bilateral cervical chain that was painful on palpation and changes in blood tests. After requesting exams and an incisional biopsy of the lesion, the patient was diagnosed with AML, treated with chemotherapy and awaiting an allogeneic bone marrow transplant. The dentist must be attentive and qualified to provide adequate care to these patients, so that they have an improvement in quality of life and/or longer survival.