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IJHSR. 2014; 4(6): 216-219


Juvenile Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia - A Case Report.

Ganesh Ashokrao Kadam, Milind Anilpant Bhatkule, Manjusha Dhawle.

Abstract
Juvenile chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (JCMML) is a rare haemopoietic malignancy of early childhood. It represents upto 2% of haemopoietic malignancies in childhood. It has nevertheless formed the basis of fascinating biomedical research on oncogneic process in haemopoietic neoplasia over the past two decades along with insight into mutual relationship between inherited predisposition syndromes and myeloid leukemia. It is a stem cell disorder characterized by clonal hyperproliferation of monocytes and granulocytes without differentiation arrest. We present a case report of 6 years female child who presented with complaints of fever and pain in the abdomen

Key words: juvenile, myelomonocytic, myeloid leukemia



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