deux cas d'erythromyelqse et un cas d'erythroleucose en iran

two cases of erythremic myelosis and one case of erythroleukemia in iran erythremic myelosis or di-guglielmo disease is characterized by generalized and systemic proliferation. selectively affecting erythropoietic apparatus and according to the course; there ure acute and chronic forms. thus the condition has much in common with leukemia but depends on a proliferation of erythrocytic series instead of the leucocytes. erythroleukemia is a name which has been given to a somewhat similar condition in which there is combined hyperplasia of the erythropoietic and leukopoietic tissues. we have seen two cases of erythremic myelosis for the f irst time in iran. the first was a woman of 25 years old and the other one a man of 65 years old. both patients had severe anemia> enlargement of the liver aud spleen together with hemorrhagic manifestations. blood changes showed the presence of numerous er ythroblasts, and in bone marrow a severe proliferation of the erythroblast series could he seen. both patients died from a severe renal hemorrhage. a case of erythroleukemia was found in a boy, of 1,5 yea.· with severe anemia, liver and spleen enlargements and fever. examination showed the presence of immature white cells [ieucob.lasts] and numerous nucleated red cells. in the bone marrow the proliferation of the erythropoietic series wus evident.