Spontaneous Complete Remission in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Severe Sepsis

Table 1

Compare the characteristics of this case with previous similar cases reported by Rashidi and Fisher.

Characteristics

Age

Sex

FAB

Karyotype

BM blasts (%) at presentation

Infection

Type

Fever

Irradiated transfusion

Remission

Duration

Relapse

This case

53

M

M4

Normal

>80%

+

Pneumonia

+

+

CR

18 m

—

Number of previously similar cases

5

27

5

9

11

32

13

37

32

39

3

8

FAB: French-American-British classification; BM: bone marrow; CR: complete remission; m: months; M: male.