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acute promyelocytic leukemia

info · Other · ICD-10: C92.4

An acute myeloid leukemia characterized by accumulation of promyelocytes in the bone marrow and by a translocation between chromosomes 15 and 17.

Signs and symptoms

  • Abnormal granulocytopoietic cell morphology

Medications that may treat it

arsenic trioxide tretinoin

Also known as: acute myeloblastic leukaemia type 3; acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3; acute myeloid leukaemia M3; acute myeloid leukemia M3; acute promyelocytic leukaemia