Open AccessChronic myeloid leukemia in an adult ghanaian with sporadic neurofibromatosis 1
Author(s) -
Edeghonghon Olayemi,
Amma A. Benneh,
Michael E Acquah,
Paul K Mensah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.84747
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , myeloid leukemia , medicine , neurofibromin 1 , oncology , pathology , immunology
Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common, progressive, autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder, are predisposed to malignancies. Several types of hematologic malignancies have been described in them. However, to date there has been no report to the best of our knowledge of a patient with NF1 developing chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We present an adult Ghanaian with NF1, who subsequently developed CML. Relevance of the case report is discussed.