Clinico-hematological profile of congenital leukemia.
Congenital leukemia is a rare disorder that usually presents with extramedullary infiltrates and myeloid phenotype in 80% cases. The authors present 4 cases of congenital leukemia diagnosed over 11 year period, three of which were of acute lymphoid leukemia and one was of biphenotypic leukemia.
Narayan
Shashi
S
Department of Pathology, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India. narayanshashi@hotmail.com
Sharma
Sunita
S
Chandra
Jagdish
J
Kulshreshtha
Ritu
R
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies