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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