Acute promyelocytic transformation in a case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
An unusual case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia, with marked bone marrow eosinophilia and basophilia, is described in which there was cytogenetic evidence at presentation of acute promyelocytic transformation, with acquisition of the standard 15;17 translocation.
D000328:Adult; D001491:Basophils / Q000473:pathology; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic