Transient atypical monocytosis mimic acute myelomonocytic leukemia in post-chemotherapy patients receiving G-CSF: Report of two cases

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 359-362

  Liu, Cynthia Z ^a   Persad, R ^a   Inghirami, G ^a   Sen, F ^a   Amorosi, E ^a   Goldenberg, A ^a   Ibrahim, S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

G CSF; Monocytosis; Monosomy 7; Pseudoleukemia

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MONOCYTOSIS; MONOSOMY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLEUKEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MONOCYTES; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 7444253995     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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