Clinical features of pure erythroid leukemia--case report and review of literature / 中华血液学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To report a case of pure erythroid leukemia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical features, treatment and prognosis of a rare case of pure erythroid leukemia were reported, and the related literature was reviewed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The pure erythroid leukemia patient was diagnosed by 90.4% pronormoblasts in bone marrow, 99.5% for erythroid antigen CD71, 67.4% for glycophorin A were detected, while no differentiation antigen of myeloid, lymphoid and megakaryocyte lineages were observed. HAG (homoharringtonine + Cytarabine and G-CSF) regimen were administered with no effect. The patient developed multiple organ failure and died soon.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Pure erythroid leukemia has a fulminant clinical course with poor response to chemotherapy and worse prognosis.</p>