| Literature DB >> 26884990 |
Xiaoning Wang1, Tingting Yuan2, Wenjuan Wang1, Limei Chen1, Huaiyu Wang1, Yalin Liu1.
Abstract
Aplastic anemia (AA) is a hematological disorder presenting with pancytopenia in peripheral blood and hypocellularity in bone marrow. AA patients with immunosuppressive therapy and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment have a risk of development of acute leukemia including acute myeloid leukemia (M0, M1, M2, M4, M5, M6) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, AA with transformation to acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has never been reported. Here, we reported a patient initially diagnosed with AA. while 19 years later, PML/RAR αfusion gene were detected and the patient was eventually diagnosed as APL. The diagnosis and management of this interesting case are discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Aplastic anemia; acute promyelocytic leukemia; immunosuppressive therapy
Year: 2015 PMID: 26884990 PMCID: PMC4723835
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Clin Exp Med ISSN: 1940-5901