Blood Res 2020; 55(3):
Published online September 30, 2020
https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2020.2020095
© The Korean Society of Hematology
Correspondence to : Jean-Baptiste Rieu, Ph.D., Haematology Laboratory, Cancer University Institute of Toulouse, Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène Joliot-Curie, 31100 Toulouse, France, E-mail: rieu.jeanbaptiste@iuct-oncopole.fr
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An 84-year-old woman presented with unexplained fatigue and dyspnea. Her WHO performance status was 3 with numerous comorbidities (non-insulin-dependent-diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, glaucoma), but no hematological history. She had neither lymphadenopathy, nor splenomegaly, nor hepatomegaly. She presented anemia (Hb, 85 g/L), severe thrombocytopenia (38×109/L), and slight leukocytosis (11×109/L) with 20% blast cells. Bone marrow examination revealed 53% blasts of medium/large size, high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, round or oval nucleus with sometimes irregular shape, and basophilic cytoplasm with coarse basophilic granules (
Blood Res 2020; 55(3): 130-130
Published online September 30, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2020.2020095
Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.
Jean-Baptiste Rieu1, Laetitia Largeaud1, Francois Vergez1, Solene Evrard2
1Haematology Laboratory, 2Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Cancer University Institute of Toulouse, Oncopole, France
Correspondence to:Jean-Baptiste Rieu, Ph.D., Haematology Laboratory, Cancer University Institute of Toulouse, Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène Joliot-Curie, 31100 Toulouse, France, E-mail: rieu.jeanbaptiste@iuct-oncopole.fr
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An 84-year-old woman presented with unexplained fatigue and dyspnea. Her WHO performance status was 3 with numerous comorbidities (non-insulin-dependent-diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, glaucoma), but no hematological history. She had neither lymphadenopathy, nor splenomegaly, nor hepatomegaly. She presented anemia (Hb, 85 g/L), severe thrombocytopenia (38×109/L), and slight leukocytosis (11×109/L) with 20% blast cells. Bone marrow examination revealed 53% blasts of medium/large size, high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, round or oval nucleus with sometimes irregular shape, and basophilic cytoplasm with coarse basophilic granules (