Publications by authors named "Mehreen Khalid"
This report describes the rare co-occurrence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) French-American-British type M2 in a 4.5-year-old boy with previously diagnosed thalassemia major, an inherited hemoglobinopathy, typically presenting with severe, transfusion-dependent anemia. Chronic transfusions, though lifesaving, can lead to iron overload, which may generate free radicals and potentially contribute to malignancy.
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- Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can develop from a chronic phase to a rare megakaryoblastic phase, which has a poor prognosis and resistance to standard treatments like tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).
- A case study details a 39-year-old woman whose CML progressed to this rare phase despite receiving chemotherapy, leading to her death within a month.
- The diagnosis included various tests showing that the disease transformed into acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL), emphasizing the importance of using megakaryocytic markers in diagnosis for better treatment outcomes.