Pure erythroid leukemia in a polymyositis patient treated with azathioprine

Acute erythroid leukemia, also known as acute myeloid leukemia-M6, may be associated with previous chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy. For 10 years, a 69-year-old Japanese female patient with pure erythroid leukemia (or acute myeloid leukemia-M6b) was treated for polymyositis with 50–100 mg/d...

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Main Authors: Osamu Imataki, Akihiro Takeuchi, Shumpei Uchida, Shigeyuki Yokokura, Makiko Uemura, Norimitsu Kadowaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-05-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2036361318773847