NEONATAL ANEMIA – COULD IT BE CONGENITAL LEUKEMIA?
Dr. Preethi Subramanian*, Dr. Jayalakshmi Pabbati, Dr. Prasad Rao, Dr. Aravind Reddy V, Dr. Nagamani, Dr. Raghava Rao
ABSTRACT
Anemia in neonates has diverse causes, among which congenital
leukemia is the least common. Congenital leukemia presents in
indiscrete fashion and poses diagnostic dilemma. We present a
newborn who was admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
immediately after birth for respiratory distress and intense pallor.
Routine evaluation for anemia revealed presence of blasts in peripheral
smear, confirmed later on by bone marrow aspiration. We present a
rare case of congenital leukemia who presented to us only with anemia
as the exclusive finding of leukemia with no other common clinical features like
organomegaly.
Keywords: Congenital Leukemia, Term Neonate, Anemia, Peripheral Smear.
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