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Volume 24

January - March 2008

Number  1


 

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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia

Emad uddin Siddiqui1, Shaheena Hanif2

Summary

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) is a rare hematopoietic malignancy of early childhood. Infection remains the principal cause of death in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Sixty percent of patients are anemic and 26 percent have petechiae and/or purpura (thrombocytopenia). Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) is the best available treatment option. We describe the management of an eight months old male child who presented with complaints of fever, cough and pallor since six months. Despite medication his fever did not subside. He developed meningitis and intracranial bleed and expired on 11th day of hospitalization.

KEY WORDS: Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia.

Pak J Med Sci    January - March 2008    Vol. 24 No. 1    175-177


1. Dr. Emad uddin Siddiqui
2. Dr. Shaheena Hanif

Correspondence

Dr. Emad uddin siddiqui
R- 215-19 Alnoor Society,
Federal-B-Area
Karachi - Pakistan.
E-mail: emaduz@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: February 24, 2007

* Revision Received: July 31, 2007

* Accepted: November 30, 2007



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