Case Report

Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Basophilic Differentiation Transformed from Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Table 1

Previous reports of patients with acute basophilic leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia with basophilic differentiation transformed from myelodysplastic syndrome. M, male; F, female; RA, refractory anemia; RAEB, refractory anemia with excess blasts; RCMD, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia; ND, not described; IP, interstitial pneumonia.

CaseAge/sexDiagnosisInterval from diagnosis to transformationKaryotype at transformationOutcomeprognosis from transformationReference

152/FRAEB2 monthsComplex karyotype including -7Death of disease6 monthsShirakawa et al., 1992
252/FRA2 yearsdel(5)(q31q35)Death due to IP2 monthsYamagata et al., 1995
384/FND2 monthsComplex karyotype including -7NDNDWells et al., 2014
464/MRCMD2 monthsComplex karyotype including -7NDNDBahmanyar and Chang, 2016
581/MRAEB-13 months-7, add(1)(q21)Death of bronchopneumonia6 monthsThis case