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Flow Cytometry and Molecular Techniques Could Complement Morphological Detection of Leukemic Infiltration in Ascitic Fluids: A Case Report

Extramedullary involvement of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is infrequent, and ascitic infiltration is even more unusual. We present a case of a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with NPM1-mutated AML that debuted with ascites, for which morphological studies of the ascitic fluid did not detect leukemic in...

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Autores principales: Martínez-Alfonzo, Inés, Láinez-González, Daniel, Solán-Blanco, Laura, Franganillo-Suarez, Aida, Cornejo, José I., Garcia-Lopez, Amanda, Martín-Herrero, Sara, Castaño-Bonilla, Tamara, Salgado-Sánchez, Rocío, Arquero-Portero, Teresa, Cortti-Ferrari, María J., Llamas-Sillero, Pilar, Alonso-Dominguez, Juan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8880337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208587
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020264
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Sumario:Extramedullary involvement of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is infrequent, and ascitic infiltration is even more unusual. We present a case of a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with NPM1-mutated AML that debuted with ascites, for which morphological studies of the ascitic fluid did not detect leukemic infiltration, maybe due to technical problems in the sample preparation. Multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) detected a blast population compatible with AML, and allele-specific PCR detected NPM1-mutated transcripts. Body fluid infiltrations are an infrequent initial manifestation or sign of progression in AML. As far as we know, this is the first reported case of an NPM1-mutated AML that debuted with ascites, and also the first description of the utilization of molecular techniques to detect the leukemic origin of the ascites. This case highlights that, given that allele-specific PCR and MFC increase the sensitivity of morphological studies, these techniques should be routinely applied in the study of any kind of effusion detected in an AML patient.