The symptoms of AML include fatigue and a feeling of not being well. Many patients also have bone pain. Young children might not be able to express specifically what kind of pain they are feeling, so bone pain might be suspected if a child limps or refuses to walk. Any unexplained bone pain should be evaluated for possible disease of the bone marrow. Since leukemia interferes with the body's ability to produce other normal cells, some patients may also be anemic and may seem pale or may have recurring infections.
Other symptoms include fever and signs of bleeding, including bruises. Rarely myeloid leukemia cells can form a solid tumor and be present as a mass anywhere in the body. These tumors are called chloromas or granulocytic sarcoma.
