title: Congenital leukemia.
abstract: Congenital leukemia is a rare but a well-documented disease in which leukemic process is detected at birth or very shortly thereafter (Philip McCoy and Roy Overton, Commun Clin Cytom 22:85-88, 1995). These leukemias represent approximately 0.8 % of all childhood leukemias. We present a case of congenital acute myeloid leukemia manifesting from the very first day of birth. Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia was suspected by the presence of blasts in the peripheral blood smear and was confirmed on bone marrow by flowcytometry. Karyotyping revealed Trisomy 21.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Aishwarya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Sewali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talukdar
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Pabitra Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Gogoi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Damodar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam India.
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
keywords: Congenital leukemia; Downs syndrome; Transient myeloproliferative disorder