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Acute myeloid leukaemia with t(8;21) associated with "occult" mastocytosis. Report of an unusual case and review of the literature.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Mar 2004
Bernd H-W, Sotlar K, Lorenzen J, Osieka R, Fabry U, Valent P, Horny H-P
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 20% of patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM) have an associated haematological, clonal, non-mast cell lineage disease, and most exhibit an associated myelogenous neoplasm. This report describes a 48 year old man with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and a type t(8;21) cytogenetic abnormality. Associated bone marrow mastocytosis (a defined subtype of SM) was only detected after successful...
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