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Se presenta el caso clínico de una paciente mujer de 17 años de edad con diagnóstico de leucemia linfoblástica aguda, quien ingreso por astenia, hiporexia, síndrome consuntivo y anemia severa macrocítica, sin evidencia de compromiso del sistema reticuloendotelial. En el laboratorio se evidencio acidosis láctica severa, hipokalemia, proteinuria e hipovitaminosis B 12, se amplió el diagnóstico diferencial y se planteó la posibilidad de neoplasia hematológica asociada a acidosis láctica...
We report the case of a 17 year-old patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with asthenia, hiporexia with severe malnutrition, marked macrocitic anemia and consuming syndrome. There was no reticuloendothelial system compromise. In the laboratory presented severe lactic acidosis as a metabolic complication, hipokalemia, proteinuria and vitamin B 12 deficiency, These factors delayed the diagnosis when the differential diagnosis was increased, the suspicion of lactic acidosis-associated hematologic neoplasia was considered...