Open AccessAcute promyelocytic leukemia presenting with atypical basophils
Author(s) -
Shameli Afshin,
Jamani Kareem
Publication year - 2020
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/ccr3.2686
Subject(s) - medicine , acute promyelocytic leukemia , immunology , retinoic acid , gene , biochemistry , chemistry
We describe a case of acute promyelocytic leukemia with circulating aberrant basophils. Recent studies have shown that basophilic differentiation is not uncommon in APL and likely under‐recognized in morphologic and immunophenotypic assessments.