Vol 9, No 2 (2018)
Case report
Published online: 2018-08-17
Acute leukemia with coexpression of lymph and myeloid antigens and massive lymphadenopathy as a diagnostic and therapeutic problem.
Hematologia 2018;9(2):146-152.
Abstract
The paper describes the case of a 20-year-old patient with acute leukemia of undetermined linear origin accompanied by massive lymphadenopathy. The patient was treated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia regimen, according to the PALG ALL6 protocol, achieving complete hematological and metabolic remission of the underlying disease.
Keywords: Acute leukemialymphadenopathychemotherapyhaematological remissionmetabolic remission
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