Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hypocellular variants of acute myeloid leukemia are very rare and almost always occur in old aged patients. In contrast, hypocellular acute lymphoblastic leukemia usually occurs in children.</p> <p>Case presentation<...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hypocellular variants of acute myeloid leukemia are very rare and almost always occur in old aged patients. In contrast, hypocellular acute lymphoblastic leukemia usually occurs in children.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report two Indian patients with hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia, a 32-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy. Interestingly, one of the patients also showed bone marrow necrosis.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia is a rare entity and can affect young individuals. It can be considered as a rare cause of bone marrow necrosis.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3405a7b0261943abb5b36d8431315ebb2022-12-21T21:18:58ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472009-01-01312710.1186/1752-1947-3-27Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reportsJain DeepaliSingh TejinderKumar Naresh<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hypocellular variants of acute myeloid leukemia are very rare and almost always occur in old aged patients. In contrast, hypocellular acute lymphoblastic leukemia usually occurs in children.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report two Indian patients with hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia, a 32-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy. Interestingly, one of the patients also showed bone marrow necrosis.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia is a rare entity and can affect young individuals. It can be considered as a rare cause of bone marrow necrosis.</p>http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/27 |
| spellingShingle | Jain Deepali Singh Tejinder Kumar Naresh Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| title | Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports |
| title_full | Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports |
| title_fullStr | Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports |
| title_short | Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports |
| title_sort | hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients two case reports |
| url | http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/27 |
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