title: Acute promyelocytic leukemia transformation in a patient with aplastic anemia: a case report with literature review.
abstract: Aplastic anemia (AA) is a hematological disorder presenting with pancytopenia in peripheral blood and hypocellularity in bone marrow. AA patients with immunosuppressive therapy and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment have a risk of development of acute leukemia including acute myeloid leukemia (M0, M1, M2, M4, M5, M6) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, AA with transformation to acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has never been reported. Here, we reported a patient initially diagnosed with AA. while 19 years later, PML/RAR αfusion gene were detected and the patient was eventually diagnosed as APL. The diagnosis and management of this interesting case are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaan Xi, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Yulin, Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shaan Xi Province P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaan Xi, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wenjuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaan Xi, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Limei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaan Xi, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Huaiyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaan Xi, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Aplastic anemia; acute promyelocytic leukemia; immunosuppressive therapy