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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with myelodysplastic syndrome with ring sideroblasts
Ist Teil von
Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.), 2010-08, Vol.103 (8), p.823
Ort / Verlag
United States
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the same patient is extremely rare. We describe a 69-year-old CLL patient who developed MDS with ring sideroblasts 1 year after diagnosis of CLL and without any previous treatment. Diagnosis was based on flow cytometry, bone marrow aspirate morphology, and iron stain. Our findings indicate that the 2 disorders belong to 2 different hematopoietic clones in this patient. In cases of worsening anemia in CLL patients, it is recommended that an iron stain be performed on bone marrow aspirates to exclude a coexistent malignancy such as refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts.