title: RAEB-t in young adults--a rare entity.
abstract: Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEB-t) in young adults is a rare entity. RAEB-t presenting with megaloblastic erythropoiesis should be differentiated from nutritional B12 and folic acid deficiency and from acute erythroleukemia. We report two cases in the present article.
authors.affiliation: Department of pathology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh.
authors.forename: Vijai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tilak
authors.forename: Shakeel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008534:Megaloblasts / Q000473:pathology; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis