A Case of Erythroleukemia in Childhood |
Eui Hyun Jo1, Sang Man Shin1, Sang Jhoo Lee1, Myong Joon Cho2 |
1Dept, of Pediatrics, College of Medicine、Kyung Hee University 2Dept, of ClinicaI Pathology, College of Medicine、Kyung Hee University |
Erythroleukemia( di Guglielmo syndrome) 의 1列 |
曺義絃1, 申相滿1, 李尙柱1, 趙明俊2 |
1慶熙大學校醫科大學 小兒科學敎室 2慶熙大學校醫科大學 臨床病理學敎室 |
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Abstract |
A case of erythroleukemia in 8 year old boy is presented. It is a systemic hemopathy characterized
by abnormal proliferation of defective erythroid and myeloid cells and is rare in childhood.
Physical examination shows pallor, general weakness and necrotic inflammation in mucous
membrane of mouth, tonsils and gingivae associated with bleeding, there are grade 11-111 systolic
murmur on apical area, hepatosplenomegaly and a few cervical and inguinal lymphadenopathy,
The patient has severe anemia, leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia.
Blast cells and nucleated erythrocytes are found in the peripheral blood. Bone marrow show
hyperplasia with an in increase in erythroid and myeloid cells and also contains Auer Bodies in
many myeloblast in this case
Brief review of related literatures was made.
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