title: Clinicopathologic features and outcome of acute erythroid leukemia based on 2008 revised World Health Organization classification.
abstract: We report 67 patients with acute erythroid leukemia (erythroleukemia) based on the World Health Organization (WHO) 2008 classification. Reviewing the clinicopathologic features, cytogenetics and outcomes, the characteristics of erythroleukemia resembled myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Patients with poor performance status, advanced anemia and poor-risk cytogenetics had significantly inferior outcomes. The International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) for MDS is useful to differentiate the prognosis of erythroleukemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ying-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Ching-Fen
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shih-Hao
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jyh-Pyng
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Jin-Hwang
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liang-Tsai
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: Chun-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuan-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Cheng-Hwai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tzeng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014944:World Health Organization; D055815:Young Adult