Terminal acute myelogenous leukemia in a patient with congenital agranulocytosis

Am J Hematol. 1993 Jun;43(2):133-8. doi: 10.1002/ajh.2830430212.

Abstract

Congenital agranulocytosis terminating in acute myelogenous leukemia has been previously reported in only two cases of adolescent males. We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a 13-year-old male with congenital agranulocytosis, treated with G-CSF with initial good neutrophil response, who subsequently developed acute myeloid leukemia. This rare complication may define a preleukemic subset of patients for whom G-CSF therapy is ineffective. The diagnostic challenges of this case are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Agranulocytosis / complications*
  • Agranulocytosis / congenital
  • Agranulocytosis / pathology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / mortality
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Male
  • Stem Cells / physiology