Therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia after treatment of carcinoma breast--a case report

We report a 43-year-old female, with acute promyelocytic leukemia occurring after 9 months of treatment for carcinoma breast. The diagnosis of APL was made on morphology, cytogenetics and molecular studies. In contrast to other published report of therapy related APL (tAPL) the present case presente...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of pathology & microbiology 2006-04, Vol.49 (2), p.251-254
Hauptverfasser:	Bhattacharyya, Maitreyee, Chatterjee, Tathagata, Panigrahi, Inusha, Kannan, Meganathan, Choudhry, Ved P, Mahapatra, Manoranjan, Saxena, Renu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Breast Neoplasms - therapy Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - therapy Female Humans Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute - diagnosis Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute - etiology Neoplasms, Second Primary - diagnosis Neoplasms, Second Primary - etiology Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a 43-year-old female, with acute promyelocytic leukemia occurring after 9 months of treatment for carcinoma breast. The diagnosis of APL was made on morphology, cytogenetics and molecular studies. In contrast to other published report of therapy related APL (tAPL) the present case presented early after the primary malignancy and underwent a rapid, downhill course.
ISSN:	0377-4929