TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult ghanaian with sporadic neurofibromatosis 1
AU - Olayemi, Edeghonghon E.
AU - Benneh, Amma A.
AU - Acquah, Michael E.
AU - Mensah, Paul K.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common, progressive, autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder, are predisposed to malignancies. Several types of hematologic malignancies have been described in them. However, to date there has been no report to the best of our knowledge of a patient with NF1 developing chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We present an adult Ghanaian with NF1, who subsequently developed CML. Relevance of the case report is discussed.
AB - Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common, progressive, autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder, are predisposed to malignancies. Several types of hematologic malignancies have been described in them. However, to date there has been no report to the best of our knowledge of a patient with NF1 developing chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We present an adult Ghanaian with NF1, who subsequently developed CML. Relevance of the case report is discussed.
KW - Adult Ghanaian
KW - chronic myeloid leukemia
KW - sporadic neurofibromatosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052901738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4103/0019-5154.84747
DO - 10.4103/0019-5154.84747
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052901738
SN - 0019-5154
VL - 56
SP - 423
EP - 425
JO - Indian Journal of Dermatology
JF - Indian Journal of Dermatology
IS - 4
ER -