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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Three patients with megakaryoblastic leukaemia are described. All three presented with pancytopenia, a few blast cells in the peripheral blood and absence of overt hepatosplenomegaly. In two of them bone marrow aspiration yielded a dry tap. Histological investigation of the bone marrow indicated that the megakaryocytic cell line was the dominant proliferating lineage. Cytochemical and EM investigation supported these findings. The isomorphic isoenzyme pattern of the elevated serum lactic dehydrogenase might be of diagnostic importance. Despite chemotherapy, there was a rapidly fatal terminal leukaemic phase with high blast cell counts. The differentiation from other haematological malignancies, especially acute (aleukaemic) leukaemias and the accelerated phase of primary (chronic) myelofibrosis, is discussed. The picture appears to be identical with acute (malignant) myelofibrosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Megakaryoblastic leukaemia (acute myelofibrosis): a report of three cases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports