eJHaem (Nov 2021)

Unusual CD34 positivity in acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplasia‐related changes with megakaryoblastic differentiation

  • Daniele Avenoso,
  • Pramila Krishnamurthy,
  • Jonathan Salisbury,
  • Sabia Rashid,
  • Shreyans Gandhi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/jha2.289
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 899 – 900

Abstract

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Abstract Acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia is a rare entity with distinct immunophenotype profile and cytogenetic lesions. Herein, we report a case of acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplastic‐related changes with megakaryoblastic differentiation in absence of recurrent genomic lesions such as t(1;22), inv(3) and t(3;3). One of the peculiarities of this case is the positivity of CD34+ within the abnormal megakaryoblasts; CD61 immunohistochemistry highlights the heavily infiltration of bone marrow from abnormal megakaryoblasts.