Therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia after treatment of carcinoma breast--a case report.
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.
Bhattacharyya
Maitreyee
M
Department of Haematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Chatterjee
Tathagata
T
Panigrahi
Inusha
I
Kannan
Meganathan
M
Choudhry
Ved P
VP
Mahapatra
Manoranjan
M
Saxena
Renu
R
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