The juvenile type of "chronic myelogenous" leukemia (CMLJT) is a rare disease with only 40 cases reported to date. Clearly distinguishable from adult CML on both clinical and laboratory grounds, is is often confused with "congenital" leukemia, pseudoleukemia, leukemoid reactions or chronic granuloma
Missing Y chromosome in juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia
β Scribed by Taru Hays; James R. Humbert; David C. Peakman; John J. Hutter; Helvise G. Morse; Arthur Robinson; Charles S. August
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 344 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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β¦ Synopsis
A child with Ph1-negative juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is presented. The only chromosomal abnormality in hematopoietic tissues consisted of an absent Y chromosome. While a missing Y chromosome in adult patients with CML may be associated with a better prognosis, the clinical course in our patient was as malignant as that usually observed in other children with Ph1-negative juvenile CML.
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## Abstract A newborn with congenital juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia (JCML) is described. The diagnosis was suggested by the characteristic clinical and hematologic presentation, and was confirmed by the results of inβvitro cultures of the hematopoietic progenitors, which showed excessive pr