Acute Leukemia in an Infant with Marfan's Syndrome: A Case Report

Nawf Sharief Donald Winnicot Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, London, E2 8PS, England

Judith E. Kingston Department of Paediatric Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, England

Vanessa M. Wright Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hackney Road, London, E2 8PS, England

Kate Costeloe Academic Department of Child Health, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Grove, London, E9 6SR, England

Abstract

We describe a familial case of Marfan's syndrome with associated intrathoracic stomach detected during the neonatal period. The patient developed a primitive leukemia at 3 months of age. Acute leukemia in a patient with Marfan's syndrome has not previously been reported.

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