Transformation of refractory anemia with excess of blasts into acute myelogenous leukemia with Ph‐negative chronic myelogenous leukemia‐like characteristics | Zendy

Yamauchi Kunihiko | Zendy; Arimori Shigeru | Zendy; Nagao Tadami | Zendy

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Transformation of refractory anemia with excess of blasts into acute myelogenous leukemia with Ph‐negative chronic myelogenous leukemia‐like characteristics

Author(s) -

Yamauchi Kunihiko,

Arimori Shigeru,

Nagao Tadami

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of hematology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1096-8652

pISSN - 0361-8609

DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830330114

Subject(s) - chronic myelogenous leukemia , medicine , leukemia , refractory (planetary science) , myeloid leukemia , anemia , refractory anemia , myeloid , immunology , gastroenterology , myelodysplastic syndromes , biology , bone marrow , astrobiology

We report a 56 year old patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (FAB classification: M2), in whom the number of mature myeloid cells similar to those seen in Ph‐negative chronic myelogenous leukemia increased markedly 2 months after the diagnosis of refractory anemia with excess of blasts (RAEB). This is a rare case of leukemic evolution as a terminal event of RAEB.

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