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AI InsightThe prognostic significance of acute myelofibrosis in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is not clear.
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Abstract
Acute myelofibrosis is characterized by pancytopenia of sudden onset, megakaryocytic hyperplasia, extensive bone marrow fibrosis, and the absence of organomegaly. Acute myelofibrosis in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is extremely rare. We report a 4ï-year-old boy who was diagnosed as having acute massive myelofibrosis and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Performing bone marrow aspiration in this patient was difficult (a “dry tap”), and the diagnosis was established by means of a bone marrow biopsy and immunohistopathologic analysis. The prognostic significance of acute myelofibrosis in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is not clear.
Özet
Akut myelofibrozis ani gelişen pansitopeni, kemik iliğinde megakaryositik hiperplazi, belirgin fibrozis ve organomegali olmaması ile karakterize bir hastalıktır. Akut myelofibrozis ile akut lenfoblastik lösemi birlikteliği çok nadir görülmektedir. Burada akut masif myelofibrozis ve akut lenfoblastik lösemi tanısı alan 4,5 yaşında erkek hasta sunuldu. Kemik iliği aspirasyonu yapılamayan (“kuru ilik”) hastanın tanısı, ancak kemik iliği biyopsisi ve immünohistopatolojik inceleme ile konabildi. Akut myelofibrozisin akut lenfoblastik lösemide prognostik önemi tam bilinmemektedir.