Case 41. A misdiagnosis of erythroleukemia

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with splenomegaly, moderate anemia and a paraspinal mass was found to have strikingly increased erythropoiesis, which was left shifted and dysplastic with many multinucleated cells. An increased percentage of CD34-positive and CD117-positive cells suggested a diagnosis of pure erythroleukemia. Further investigations were performed.

Keywords:

• Acute erythroid leukemia
• erythroleukemia
• congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia
• HEMPAS