Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8790
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2329-8790
+44 1478 350008
Malgorzata Wach
Medical University of Lublin Staszica,
Lublin
Poland
Case Report
Therapy - Related Myeloid Neoplasm in a Patient with Prior Treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report
Author(s): Malgorzata Wach, Ewa Wasik-Szczepanek, Maria Cioch, Karolina Radomska, Dariusz Szczepanek and Marek HusMalgorzata Wach, Ewa Wasik-Szczepanek, Maria Cioch, Karolina Radomska, Dariusz Szczepanek and Marek Hus
Background: Acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome, during the course of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, is a rare entity. In such a situation, most previous cases were therapy-related after treatment. However, in very rare cases, acute myeloid leukemia has been diagnosed in untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Materials and Methods: In this paper, we present the case-study of a 60-year old woman who was diagnosed six years previously as being afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with no chromosomal changes. She was successfully treated with fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide and rituximab, and she obtained complete remission, yet with incomplete recovery. Subsequently, three years later, she was re-admitted to hospital with deep pancytopenia. Her bone marrow biopsy then revealed that 52% of her blasts cells demonstrated a myelomonocytic.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-8790.1000258