Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Acute Leukemias are a heterogenous group of neoplasms arising from the malignant transformation of white blood cells

or their precursors. Hospitalised patients diagnosed with acute leukemia were examined to study their clinical profile. A

total of 100 patients diagnosed as acute leukemia (FAB classification) on bone marrow aspiration over a period of two

and a half years were evaluated. ALL(52%) was more common than AML(48%) and males(66%) were affected more

than females(34%). Pallor(89%) was the most common clinical presentation followed by generalized weakness(81%),

fever(78%) and bony tenderness(60%) amongst others.

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