2005, Number 1
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A clinical case
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ABSTRACT
This 23 year-old female was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, fever and sweating; she had lost 20 kg in a two-year period. On physical examination lymph node enlargements were found as well as liver and spleen enlargements. The CBC disclosed pancytopenia: Anemia of 8.6 g/dl, leukopenia of 1,700 and thrombocytopenia of 64,000. The bone marrow aspirate study showed heavy infiltration by lymphoblasts exhibiting the antigens CD10, CD19 and CD20, consonant with B-cell line acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient was treated with combined chemotherapy which included vincristine, asparaginase, mitoxantrone and dexametasone; she has had an initial good response.REFERENCES
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