Open AccessPure erythroid leukemia, presenting with pancytopenia. Images in Hematology
Author(s) -
Linnik Yevgeniy,
Batukbhai Bhavina,
Loo Eric
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2357
Subject(s) - pancytopenia , medicine , hematology , leukemia , bone marrow , pathology , acute myeloblastic leukemia
Pure erythroid leukemia is an aggressive form of acute leukemia, presenting with pancytopenia. It is defined as a neoplasm of erythroid lineage without a significant myeloblastic component, representing >80% of marrow, with 30% or more proerythroblasts. The disease has a rapid clinical course with median survival of only 3 months.
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