Spontaneous Remission Of Congenital Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Skin Involvement And T(1;11)(p32;q23)
Jesudas, R., Buck, S. A., & Savasan, S. (2017). spontaneous remission of congenital acute myeloid leukemia with skin involvement and t(1;11)(p32;q23). Pediatric blood & cancer, 64(3), 10.1002/pbc.26269. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26269
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Disease Location
Skin/bone marrow
Personal Characteristics
2- months-old female
Clinical Characteristics
Skin lesions first seen at 1- months of age. Pe showed fading skin lesions skin biopsy revealed CD4/CD56-positive and myeloperoxidase-negative infiltrating monotonous cells with irregular folded and indented nuclei. Bone marrow morphology and flow cytometry findings were consistent with acute myeloid leukemia positron emission tomography did not indicate extramedullary site involvement
Remission Characteristics
She achieved remission by morphology, cytogenetic, and flow cytometric studies in 6 weeks
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed