Infant leukemia

الملخص EN

An eleven-month-old Bahraini infant girl, born full-term, vaccinated up-to-age, with normal milestone development; she was referred from King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) with one-month history of high grade on and off fever associated with cough; her CBC showed anemia (7.4g/dl) and thrombocytopenia (30x109/L).

On examination, multiple bruises and small cervical lymph nodes were observed.

CBC showed blasts (30%).

Bone marrow aspiration, flow cytometry and cytogenetic were sent for Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL) rearrangement.

She was low risk; she received chemotherapy