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Abbreviated ''[[AML]]''.
'''Acute myeloid leukemia''', abbreviated '''AML''', is a group of [[cancer|malignancies]].


=No recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities=
==Acute myeloid leukemia without recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities==
===General===
===General===
*Adults.
*Adults.
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*May be classified by morphology, using the (old) French-American-British (FAB) classification (M0-M7).
*May be classified by morphology, using the (old) French-American-British (FAB) classification (M0-M7).


====Image====
===Image===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Auer_rods.PNG | Auer rods in an AML. (WC)
Image:Auer_rods.PNG | Auer rods in an AML. (WC)
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*Must exclude all the recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities - see below.
*Must exclude all the recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities - see below.


==AML with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities==
=AML with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities=
===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)===
==Acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)==
*t(8;21)(q22;q22).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Berger | first1 = R. | title = Translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22): cytogenetics and molecular biology. | journal = Nouv Rev Fr Hematol | volume = 36 Suppl 1 | issue =  | pages = S67-9 | month =  | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 8177719 }}</ref>
*t(8;21)(q22;q22).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Berger | first1 = R. | title = Translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22): cytogenetics and molecular biology. | journal = Nouv Rev Fr Hematol | volume = 36 Suppl 1 | issue =  | pages = S67-9 | month =  | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 8177719 }}</ref>


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*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case712.html AML with t(8;21) (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case712.html AML with t(8;21) (upmc.edu)].


===Acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)===
==Acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)==
*inv(16)(p13.1q22).<ref name=pmid16917916>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = CM. | last2 = Murata-Collins | first2 = JL. | last3 = Wang | first3 = E. | last4 = Siddiqi | first4 = I. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = HJ. | title = Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: molecular evidence of two separate diseases. | journal = Am J Hematol | volume = 81 | issue = 12 | pages = 963-8 | month = Dec | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1002/ajh.20716 | PMID = 16917916 }}
*inv(16)(p13.1q22).<ref name=pmid16917916>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = CM. | last2 = Murata-Collins | first2 = JL. | last3 = Wang | first3 = E. | last4 = Siddiqi | first4 = I. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = HJ. | title = Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: molecular evidence of two separate diseases. | journal = Am J Hematol | volume = 81 | issue = 12 | pages = 963-8 | month = Dec | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1002/ajh.20716 | PMID = 16917916 }}
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*CD2+ -- common.
*CD2+ -- common.


===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)===
==Acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)==
*[[AKA]] ''acute promyelocytic leukemia''
*[[AKA]] ''acute promyelocytic leukemia''
**Abbreviated ''APL''.
**Abbreviated ''APL''.
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**Fusion transcripts: PML<ref name=omim102578>{{OMIM|102578}}</ref>-RARA.<ref name=omim180240>{{OMIM|180240}}</ref>
**Fusion transcripts: PML<ref name=omim102578>{{OMIM|102578}}</ref>-RARA.<ref name=omim180240>{{OMIM|180240}}</ref>


====General====
==General==
Clinical:
Clinical:
*Associated with [[DIC]].
*Associated with [[DIC]].
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*t(5;17). (???)
*t(5;17). (???)


====Microscopic====
==Microscopic==
Comes in two flavours.
Comes in two flavours.


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*Absence of granules on light microscopy.
*Absence of granules on light microscopy.


=====Images=====
===Images===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Faggot cell in AML-M3.jpg |Faggot cell in AML-M3. (WC)
Image:Faggot cell in AML-M3.jpg |Faggot cell in AML-M3. (WC)
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*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case705.html APML - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case705.html APML - several images (upmc.edu)].


====IHC====
===IHC===
*CD2 +ve, CD34 +ve/-ve, CD56 +ve/-ve.
*CD2 +ve, CD34 +ve/-ve, CD56 +ve/-ve.


====[[Flow cytometry]]====
===[[Flow cytometry]]===
*CD34 -ve, HLA-DR -ve.
*CD34 -ve, HLA-DR -ve.
*CD33 +ve, CD13 +ve/-ve, CD117 +ve (weak), CD56 +ve/-ve.
*CD33 +ve, CD13 +ve/-ve, CD117 +ve (weak), CD56 +ve/-ve.


===Acute myeloid leukemia with t(9;11)===
==Acute myeloid leukemia with t(9;11)==
*t(9;11).
*t(9;11).


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*CD34+. (???)
*CD34+. (???)
*CD13+. (???)
*CD13+. (???)
=See also=
*[[Leukemia]].
=References=
{{Reflist|1}}


[[Category: Hematopathology]]
[[Category: Hematopathology]]
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