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Volume 24 |
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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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