Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma terminating in acute myelogenous leukemia.
The number of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who develop acute myelogenous leukemia is relatively small. The case of a patient with histologically proven diffuse histiocytic lymphoma who died with unequivocal acute myelogenous leukemia 5 years after the lymphoma diagnosis is presented. The difficulties in differential diagnosis are cited with a review of the literature.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male