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This case history describes a 26-year-old male with gingival bleeding who presented for care and was treated accordingly. Within a week he developed signs and symptoms of systemic disease and upon further investigation, he was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia to which he succumbed within 72 hours. The implications of gingival bleeding are discussed, and the necessity to consider systemic disease in the differential diagnosis is emphasized.
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