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Concurrent Presentation of Therapy Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Case of Neuroblastoma

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Therapy related Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Myelodysplastic syndrome (t-AML/MDS) occur due to the direct mutational events of the chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy. The disease latency, mutational events and prognosis vary with the type of chemotherapeutic agent. Therapy related Acute Myeloid Leukemia occurring with DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors have a shorter latency period and poor prognosis than anthracyclin based regimens. We report a case of a 9 year old boy who developed t-AML with mixed-lineage-leukemia gene translocation within a year of high dose chemotherapy for stage 4 neuroblastoma. He had residual mass of neuroblastoma in the abdomen and bone marrow. The patient expired within 2 weeks of induction chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Gorimedu, Puducherry, 605009, India

    Mary Theresa Sylvia, Jhansi Rani, Debdatta Basu & Rakhee Kar

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Gorimedu, Puducherry, 605009, India

    Biswajit Dubashi

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Sylvia, M.T., Rani, J., Basu, D. et al. Concurrent Presentation of Therapy Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Case of Neuroblastoma. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 32 (Suppl 1), 11–14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-015-0518-1

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