Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) with the hematologic phenotype of severe beta thalassemia.

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A 3-year-old Filipino-American child with recurrent fever, splenomegaly, anemia, and thrombocytopenia, was found to have a hemoglobin F level of 76.9%. His reticulocyte count was elevated (4.3%), and erythroblasts were present in his peripheral blood. The child's erythrocytes were microcytic (MCV 66.9 fl) but his serum ferritin level was normal. His bone marrow at initial presentation demonstrated normal...

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