Open AccessPseudo Chediak-Higashi anomaly in acute myelomonocytic leukemia
Author(s) -
Seema Rao,
Rakhee Kar,
Renu Saxena
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.48937
Subject(s) - fulminant , medicine , anomaly (physics) , leukemia , acute leukemia , pathology , immunology , physics , condensed matter physics
Pseudo Chediak-Higashi anomaly in acute leukemia is a rarely described entity. The significance of this intriguing morphological finding largely remains unknown, although some authors have predicted a poorer outcome in such cases because of a higher susceptibility to fulminant infections. Our case also had a fatal outcome.