A case of Marfan syndrome with acute monoblastic leukemia.
- Author:
Je Jung LEE
1
;
Hyeoung Joon KIM
;
Ik Joo CHUNG
;
Myung Ho JEONG
;
Hoon KOOK
;
Jea Sung SEO
;
Nam Jin KIM
;
Moo Rim PARK
;
Kyeoung Sang CHOI
;
Tai Ju HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescence;
Biopsy, Needle;
Bone Marrow/pathology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Echocardiography;
Electrocardiography;
Human;
Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute/diagnosis;
Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute/complications*;
Male;
Marfan Syndrome/diagnosis;
Marfan Syndrome/complications*
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
1998;13(2):140-142
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report on an 18-year-old man who had both acute monoblastic leukemia and Marfan syndrome. A diagnosis of Marfan syndrome was established by those characteristics of arachnodactyly, ectopia lentis, mitral valve prolapse, and mitral regurgitation. Findings on bone marrow examination of the patient showed that most of nucleated cells were monoblasts and immunophenotype of those cells showed CD13+, CD33+, CD56+, and HLA-DR+. To our knowledge, this is the second report of leukemia in Marfan syndrome in the world.
