Adult Leukaemia

Typhlitis complicating acute leukaemia in an adult.

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Adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at University Hospital, Malaysia.

PAPERS AND ORIGINALS Management of Adult Acute Myelogenous Leukaemia

Consecutive adult patients admitted to St. Bartholomew's Hospital with acute myelogenous leukaemia have been treated with a remission induction drug schedule consisting of daunorubicin and cytosine arabinoside. Intermittent five-day courses were used in 72 patients, and a complete remission was obtained in 39 patients (54%). An alternative drug schedule in 22 patients resulted in fewer remissio...

Advances in the management of adult acute myelogenous leukaemia.

A case report of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).

Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a unique disease with distinct manifestations, a characteristic phenotype and a likely retroviral aetiology. It is unusual in Southeast Asia, though more commonly seen in some countries like Japan. We report a case of this disease in a 71-year-old man in Singapore who presented with papular erythematous eruptions for 6 years and subsequently developed g...