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Other names. Di Guglielmo syndrome. Bone marrow smear from a case of erythroleukemia. Specialty. Hematology, oncology. Acute erythrocyte leukemia is a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia (less than 5% of AML cases [1]) where the myeloproliferation is of erythrocytic precursors. It is defined as type "M6" under the FAB classification .
Deaths. 111,000 (2015) [10] Acute lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL) is a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells characterized by the development of large numbers of immature lymphocytes. [1] Symptoms may include feeling tired, pale skin color, fever, easy bleeding or bruising, enlarged lymph nodes, or bone pain. [1]
The more aggressive forms of disease require treatment with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and—in some cases—a bone marrow transplant. The use of rituximab has been established for the treatment of B-cell–derived hematologic malignancies, including follicular lymphoma (FL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is life-threatening leukemia in which malignant megakaryoblasts proliferate abnormally and injure various tissues. Megakaryoblasts are the most immature precursor cells in a platelet-forming lineage; they mature to promegakaryocytes and, ultimately, megakaryocytes which cells shed membrane-enclosed particles, i.e. platelets, into the circulation.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a condition where immature white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow, subsequently crowding out normal white blood cells [7] and create build-up in the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes. [8] The two most common types of ALL are B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes, where the first protects the body against ...
Hematology. The term leukemoid reaction describes an increased white blood cell count (> 50,000 cells/μL), which is a physiological response to stress or infection (as opposed to a primary blood malignancy, such as leukemia ). It often describes the presence of immature cells such as myeloblasts or red blood cells with nuclei in the peripheral ...
Deaths. 147,100 (2015) [5] Acute myeloid leukemia ( AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cell production. [1] Symptoms may include feeling tired, shortness of breath, easy bruising and bleeding, and ...
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is one of the most common forms of blood cancer.1 The American Cancer Society estimates that about 81,560 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with NHL and about ...