Spontaneous remission of acute myeloid leukemia. A report of a case and brief review of the literature.
A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia who experienced a spontaneous remission, is reported. He had precedent and concurrent bacterial infections as most of these cases described. Low peripheral WBC and myeloblasts, Auer-rod positive blasts, bone marrow eosinophilia with atypical eosinophils, and a partial deletion of chromosome 16 were favorable prognostic parameters. A brief review of the literature and possible explanations for the regulation of granulopoiesis are presented.
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D000328:Adult; D002440:Cefoxitin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002440:Cefoxitin; D014031:Tobramycin