The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School
Continued by：Medical Science & Innovation
EISSN：2758-5441
Back to Top
Permalink : https://petit.lib.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/17039
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 57 Issue 1-2
published_at 2010
Acute promyelocytic leukemia presenting initially with pancytopenia and severe hypocellular marrow which was successfully treated with all-trans retinoic acid and chemotherapy
Acute promyelocytic leukemia presenting initially with pancytopenia and severe hypocellular marrow which was successfully treated with all-trans retinoic acid and chemotherapy
Kawasaki Yasufumi
Tominaga Takayuki
Shinohara Kenji
About This Article
Descriptions
A 62-year-old male developed pancytopenia due to severe hypocellular marrow. He was initially diagnosed with aplastic anemia (AA), and was treated with antilymphocyte globulin (ATG), cyclosporine (CyA), and granulocyte colonystimulating factor (G-CSF). However, 3 days after starting the therapy, the leukocyte count increased abruptly and the bone marrow became markedly hypercellular with hypergranulated promyelocytes. Cytogenetic analysis demonstrated t(15
Creator Keywords
acute promyelocytic leukemia
hypoplastic marrow
Other Article