| Literature DB >> 6571788 |
R Hehlmann, B Zönnchen, E Thiel, B Walther.
Abstract
A longitudinal observation of a patient with idiopathic refractory sideroachrestic anemia (IRSA) progressing to acute mixed lymphoblastic-myelomonoblastic leukemia is reported. The leukemia was characterized by morphology, immunological cell markers, and dissociated clinical responsiveness to vincristine/prednisone and arabinosylcytosine/6-thioguanine. Attention is paid to the hematological changes prior to leukemia development. Acute leukemia was best heralded in this patient by a severe deterioration of dyserythropoiesis and by an increase of blasts in the marrow to more than 5%. The observed preleukemic features are compared to those described in the literature.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6571788 DOI: 10.1007/bf00320001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blut ISSN: 0006-5242