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Acute respiratory failure in 3 children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

  • Britt Gustafsson
  • , Marit Hellebostad
  • , Marianne Ifversen
  • , Birgitta Sander
  • , Henrik Hasle
7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia is a rare hematopoietic stem cell disease in children with features of both myelodysplasia and myeloproliferation. Extramedullary involvement has been reported and pulmonary involvement secondary to leukemic infiltration is an initial manifestation, which may result in acute respiratory failure.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPediatric Hematology & Oncology
Volume33
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)e363-7
ISSN0888-0018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Juvenile
  • Leukemic Infiltration
  • Lung
  • Male
  • Respiratory Insufficiency

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