Extramedullary blast crisis and hemolytic anemia in a patient with t(3p+;4q-) and rapidly evolving myelogenous leukemia

South Med J. 1989 Jun;82(6):762-5. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198906000-00022.

Abstract

We have reported the case of a patient with a rapidly evolving myelogenous leukemia associated with hemolytic anemia, extramedullary evolution, and an isolated translocation of the long arm of chromosome 4 to the short arm of chromosome 3. The hemolytic process was primarily extravascular and was not associated with pyruvate kinase or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Although blasts were absent from the peripheral smear and represented less than 10% of the bone marrow myeloid precursors, multiple organs including the heart, liver, lungs, and spleen were infiltrated with blasts at autopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / complications*
  • Blast Crisis* / complications
  • Blast Crisis* / pathology
  • Chromosome Aberrations / complications*
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4*
  • Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase / genetics
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Translocation, Genetic