All issues > Volume 32(9); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(9):1314-1319. Published online September 30, 1989.

A Case of Myelodysplatic Syndrome.

Sun Bok Suh¹, Chang Ok Soh¹, Sang Hoon Lee¹, Chul Ho Kim¹, Soon Yong Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan Paik Hospital, Korea

Received: March 13, 1989;  Accepted: May 25, 1989.

Abstract

We have experienced a case of myelodysplastic syndrome (RAEB) in an 11-year-old boy with the complaints of pallor and petechiae for 1 month. After diagnosis, improvement was remarkable with chemotherapy of low dose cytosine arabinoside but the RAEB was transformed to acute myeloblastic leukemia 4 months after treatmemt. Anti-leukemic therapy was tried but induction of remission was failed and he was died of sepsis 3 months after the onset of leukemia. A brief review of literatures was made.

Keywords :Myelodysplastic syndrome, Acute myelogenous leukemia