⚠ What happens if acute myelomonoblastic leukemia is left untreated?
👉 A patient refused further treatment after 1 course of chemotherapy.
❗ 3 months later, they were brought back to the hospital in critical condition.
🩸 Hemoglobin 40 g/L. Platelet count 1 thousand/µL. Leukocytosis 80 thousand/µL.
‼ The differential white blood cell count showed blasts. In the bone marrow, 96% blasts with altered morphology (images below).
🙏 This clinical case was kindly provided by Zebiniso Kholmuradova, morphologist, Uzbekistan, Kashkadarya Multidisciplinary Children’s Medical Center.
