Open AccessHypoplastic acute myeloid leukemia-M4: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Harsh Kumar,
Archana Buch,
Banyameen Iqbal,
Arjun Lal Kakrani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.167987
Subject(s) - myeloid leukemia , medicine , myeloid , chemotherapy , leukemia , pathology , bone marrow , phenotype , biology , gene , biochemistry
Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is defined as AML with bone marrow cellularity <20%. Hypocellular AML is an infrequent entity. Its frequency ranges between 5% and 12% of all cases of AML. Hypocellular variants of acute leukemia almost always have a myeloid phenotype and usually develop secondary to radiation or chemotherapy. We report a rare case of Hypocellular AML-M4 occurring in a 60-year-old woman who was incidentally found to be positive for HIV