Acute promyelocytic leukemia transformation in a patient with aplastic anemia: A case report with literature review

  • Xiaoning Wang
  • , Tingting Yuan
  • , Wenjuan Wang
  • , Limei Chen
  • , Huaiyu Wang
  • , Yalin Liu

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Abstract

Aplastic anemia (AA) is a hematological disorder presenting with pancytopenia in peripheral blood and hypocellularity in bone marrow. AA patients with immunosuppressive therapy and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment have a risk of development of acute leukemia including acute myeloid leukemia (M0, M1, M2, M4, M5, M6) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, AA with transformation to acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has never been reported. Here, we reported a patient initially diagnosed with AA. while 19 years later, PML/RAR αfusion gene were detected and the patient was eventually diagnosed as APL. The diagnosis and management of this interesting case are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20675-20678
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Volume8
Issue number11
StatePublished - 30 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Immunosuppressive therapy

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