Hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia with bone marrow necrosis in young patients: two case reports.
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.
Jain
Deepali
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Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India. deepalijain76@gmail.com.
Singh
Tejinder
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Kumar
Naresh
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