All issues > Volume 30(12); 1987

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(12):1468-1474. Published online December 31, 1987.

A Case of Congenital Myeloblastic Leukemia Associated with Down's Syndrome.

Ho Jin Oh¹, Kee Hyoung Lee¹, Chang Sung Son¹, Hyun Keum Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A 4 day old male patient was admitted to our hospital due to jaundice, poor feeding and abdominal distention. His clinical features and peripheral blood smear revealed congenital myeloblastic leuke- mia which confirmed by autopsy. Chromosome study showed 47, XY, +21 in Karyotype. We report this case with review of literatures.

Keywords :Congenital myeloblastic leukemia; Down’s syndrome.