title: Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypocellular variants of acute myeloid leukemia are very rare and almost always occur in old aged patients. In contrast, hypocellular acute lymphoblastic leukemia usually occurs in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two Indian patients with hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia, a 32-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy. Interestingly, one of the patients also showed bone marrow necrosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia is a rare entity and can affect young individuals. It can be considered as a rare cause of bone marrow necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India. deepalijain76@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepali
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Tejinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar