title: Therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia after treatment of carcinoma breast--a case report.
abstract: We report a 43-year-old female, with acute promyelocytic leukemia occurring after 9 months of treatment for carcinoma breast. The diagnosis of APL was made on morphology, cytogenetics and molecular studies. In contrast to other published report of therapy related APL (tAPL) the present case presented early after the primary malignancy and underwent a rapid, downhill course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Maitreyee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Tathagata
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Inusha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
authors.forename: Meganathan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Ved P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Choudhry
authors.forename: Manoranjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: Renu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors