Leucemia congénita aguda
2011
La leucemia aguda durante el periodo neonatal es poco frecuente de evolucion rapida y pronostico sombrio. Sus caracteristicas clinicas y biologicas difieren de las encontradas en ninos de mayor edad, y su inicio se caracteriza por afectacion cutanea, hepatoesplenomegalia, hiperleucocitosis e infiltracion del sistema nervioso central. Se han observado pacientes con formas tanto mieloides como linfoides, pero la leucemia mieloide aguda parece predominar en esta etapa de la vida. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con leucemia congenita clasificada morfologicamente, con aparicion de manifestaciones clinicas de enfermedad hematologica desde el nacimiento y diagnostico de leucemia linfoblastica aguda congenita Acute leukemia during neonatal period is not frequent, of a fast course and gloomy prognosis. Its clinical and biological features differ of that present in older children and it onset is characterized by cutaneous affection, hepatosplenomegaly, hyperleukocytosis and infiltration of central nervous system (CNS). There are patients presenting with myeloid and lymphoid types, but the acute leukemia seems to predominate in this stage of life. This is the case of a patient with acute leukemia morphologically classified, with appearance of clinical manifestations of hematologic disease from birth and a diagnosis of congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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