Title of article :
A 27-Year-Old Patient Fulfilling the Diagnostic Criteria ofBoth CMML and JMML
Author/Authors :
Ibrahim, Mamoun H. Department of Adult Hematology/Cancer - King Fahad Medical City - Al Sulaimaniyah - Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia , Elghazaly, Assem A. Department of Adult Hematology/Cancer - King Fahad Medical City - Al Sulaimaniyah - Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia , Manzoor, Mohmmed U. Department of Medical Imaging - King Fahad Medical City - Al Sulaimaniyah - Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia , AlMishari, Mai A. Department of Clinical Laboratory - King Fahad Medical City - Al Sulaimaniyah - Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) and juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) are two disease entities that comeunder the myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms category. Each of the two conditions has its own diagnostic criteria. Inaddition, they have different ages of presentation; while CMML is typically a disease of the elderly, JMML is a disease of youngchildren.Herewearepresentingthecaseofa27-year-oldmalepatientwho,atthetimeofdiagnosis,fulfilledthediagnosticcriteriaof both diseases. In addition he had radiological changes of type 1 neurofibromatosis. Possible explanations of the patient case havebeen discussed.
Keywords :
A 27-Year-Old Patient Fulfilling , Diagnostic Criteria , CMML and JMML , JMML , Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML)
Journal title :
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
