Diagnosis of large granular lymphocytic leukemia in a patient previously treated for acute myeloblastic leukemia

Sinem Civriz Bozdag; Sinem Namdaroglu; Omur Kayikci; Gülsah Kaygusuz; Itir Demiriz; Murat Cinarsoy; Emre Tekgunduz; Fevzi Altuntas

doi:10.4081/hr.2013.e14

Diagnosis of large granular lymphocytic leukemia in a patient previously treated for acute myeloblastic leukemia

Hematol Rep. 2013 Dec 23;5(4):e14. doi: 10.4081/hr.2013.e14. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Sinem Civriz Bozdag¹, Sinem Namdaroglu¹, Omur Kayikci¹, Gülsah Kaygusuz², Itir Demiriz¹, Murat Cinarsoy¹, Emre Tekgunduz¹, Fevzi Altuntas¹

Affiliations

¹ Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Clinic , Ankara.
² Pathology Department, Ankara University School of Medicine , Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia is a lymphoproliferative disease characterized by the clonal expansion of cytotoxic T or natural killer cells. We report on a patient diagnosed with T-cell LGL leukemia two years after the achievement of hematologic remission for acute myeloblastic leukemia.

Keywords: acute myeloblastic leukemia; large granular lymphocytic leukemia.

Publication types

Case Reports