Open AccessPure erythroid leukemia
Author(s) -
Forest Méghan,
Roy Simon F.,
Houde Michelle,
Maietta Antonio
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/ccr3.3316
Subject(s) - medicine , leukemia , acute myeloblastic leukemia , lineage (genetic) , bone marrow , cancer research , immunology , genetics , biology , gene
Pure erythroid leukemia is a rare and aggressive form of acute leukemia with a deleterious clinical course. It is of erythroid lineage without myeloblastic component, representing >80% of marrow cellularity, with ≥30% proerythroblasts.