[Acute myeloid leukemia in the adult. Results of the National Antineoplastic Drug Protocol at the Hospital del Salvador, 1990-1998].

Background: The incidence of acute myeloid leukemia is 3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants/year and its five years event free survival is 15 to 20%. Since the incorporation of trans retinoic acid, event free survival of M3 acute myeloid leukemia is 80%.

Aim: To report the results of acute myeloid leukemia treatment at the Hospital del Salvador, between 1990 and 1998.

[Systemic toxocariasis in the adult patient].

We report a retrospective review of eight patients (one male), aged 19 to 31 years old, with systemic toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans), seen at the Salvador Hospital of Santiago. Four cases had heart involvement, three had lung involvement and in two, several organs were affected. Seven cases had leukocytosis (range 14, 5 to 160 x 10(9)/l) and all had eosinophilia (35 to 90%).