Leucemia de células natural killer: Caso clínico / Natural killer cell leukemia: Case report
Rev. méd. Chile
;
133(4): 457-460, abr. 2005. ilus
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Natural killer leukemia is a rare and highly aggressive neoplasm, is more common in young male patients and has a very poor prognosis, with a median survival of few weeks. We report a 17 years old male patient who developed, after an acute upper respiratory disease, a rapidly multiorganic failure with pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy showed an acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The immunophenotype and immunohistochemistry revealed a natural killer acute leukemia. The disease progressed rapidly and the patient died shortly after the diagnosis.
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Main subject:
Killer Cells, Natural
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Leukemia
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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