Primary plasma cell leukemia in a 30-year-old woman

A 80-Year-Old Woman with B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Prolymhocytic leukemia (PLL) is a rare subtype of lymphocytic leukemias and its cells are immature lymphocytes. It is divided into 2 subgroups: T-PLL and B-PLL according to the lymphocytic origin of the cells. Discriminating B-PLL from other diseases with clinically-similar features is important because of the different treatment approaches and follow-up programs. Hereby, we report a 80-year-ol...

Interstitial deletion 1p in a 30 year old woman.

High resolution chromosome analysis showed the karyotype 46,XX,del(1)(p22.1 p31.2) in a 30 year old woman with psychomotor retardation and various malformations. Determination of the enzyme phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1) showed that she was a heterozygote. Three other cases of interstitial deletion 1p have been reported previously, and one of these cases had several features in common with our cas...

Circulatory collapse in a 30-year-old amenorrheic woman.

Accepted 5 September 1995 A 30-year-old woman presented to the emergency services of the hospital with drowsiness, poor appetite, constipation, postural giddiness and amenorrhea since the birth of her last child four years ago which was associated with post-partum haemorrhage. Examination revealed a blood pressure of 70/40 mmHg, pulse rate 100 beats/min, temperature 36.4°C, puffy face, myxoedem...

A 30-year-old pregnant woman with bradycardia.

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Eye in a 17-Year-Old Girl with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Herein we describe a case of intraocular melanoma in a17-year old leukemic patient.  The history, histological findings of the enucleated eye, blood and bone marrow of the patient were investigated. The enucleated eye contained epitheloid cell type melanoma instead of leukemic cell infiltration.  We conclude that intraocular malignant melanoma can occur in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.