CASE REPORT
Concurrence of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma and acute myeloid leukaemia in a bone marrow biopsy
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Department of Pathology, “San Filippo Neri” Hospital, Rome, Italy
Submission date: 2020-05-21
Final revision date: 2020-07-17
Acceptance date: 2020-07-24
Publication date: 2020-10-25
Pol J Pathol 2020;71(3):285-287
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ABSTRACT
The association of small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) with different malignancies has been reported in the literature. Also the occurrence of a second haematological disease has been described, more frequently as a secondary event in patients receiving chemotherapeutic agents. We report a case of CLL with concurrent acute myeloid leukaemia in an untreated patient, with emphasis on the need of a detailed immunomorphological study to identify the coexistence of the two diseases in the same pathological tissue.
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