November 2023 Imaging Case of the Month: A Crazy Association

Abstract

No abstract available. Manuscript truncated after 150 words. HPI: A 55-year-old man presents with a history of cough, poor appetite, low energy, and weight loss over the previous 6-10 months following COVID-19 infection 2 months earlier. PMH, SH, FH: The patient’s past medical history was positive for CVOID-19 infection 2 months earlier as well as pneumonia, not specified, in the previous year. The patient’s past medical history was also remarkable for a 7-unit gastrointestinal hemorrhage approximately one year earlier following polypectomy for benign lesions in the transverse colon. During that hospital admission a complete blood count showed 1% blasts which prompted hematology consultation. The consulting oncologist felt the peripheral blasts were the result of a leukemoid reaction secondary to increased bone marrow stimulation owing to the patient’s acute anemia caused by the gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Macrocytosis and reticulocytosis was also noted and attributed to the same. Repeat complete blood count showed no blasts although some myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and polychromasia …