Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report
Chronic myeloid leukemia is a rare hematological malignancy in the pediatric age group. It is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder in which granulocytes are the major proliferative components with the presence of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene. Here, we report a case of CML in a three - year child wi...
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| description | Chronic myeloid leukemia is a rare hematological malignancy in the pediatric age group. It is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder in which granulocytes are the major proliferative components with the presence of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene. Here, we report a case of CML in a three - year child with a clinical presentation of fever and abdominal distension. The diagnosis was made based on bone marrow aspiration findings and molecular study. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-18e84feabdcc4e9eabe41096e4377a882025-08-21T07:13:24ZengAssociation of Clinical Pathologists of NepalJournal of Pathology of Nepal2091-07972091-09082021-09-011121873187510.3126/jpn.v11i2.3529132086Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case reportUma Bhatta0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-858XDosti Regmi1Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, NepalKanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, NepalChronic myeloid leukemia is a rare hematological malignancy in the pediatric age group. It is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder in which granulocytes are the major proliferative components with the presence of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene. Here, we report a case of CML in a three - year child with a clinical presentation of fever and abdominal distension. The diagnosis was made based on bone marrow aspiration findings and molecular study.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/35291bcr/abl1; chronic myeloid leukemia; juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia |
| spellingShingle | Uma Bhatta Dosti Regmi Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report Journal of Pathology of Nepal bcr/abl1; chronic myeloid leukemia; juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia |
| title | Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report |
| title_full | Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report |
| title_short | Chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood: a case report |
| title_sort | chronic myeloid leukemia in childhood a case report |
| topic | bcr/abl1; chronic myeloid leukemia; juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia |
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