Arifa Aziz¹* and Iffat Shehzad²

¹Staff Medical Officer, Supervisor at Day Care Oncology, Department of Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
²Medical Officer, Day Care Oncology, Department of Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author: Arifa Aziz, Staff Medical Officer, Supervisor at Day Care Oncology, Department of Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan.

Received: May 05, 2023; Published: May 24, 2023

Abstract

Introduction: 36 years old male presented with low-grade fever for two months and occasional night sweats, diagnosed as myelodysplastic syndrome after complete workup.

Method: All base line investigations were done including complete blood count, Liver function test, Renal function test, hepatitis B and C and bone marrow aspirate and trephine.

Result: After receiving appropriate treatment which turn out to be nonresponsive and myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) is converted into acute myeloid leukemia within short duration and with treatment which is very rare.

 Keywords: Myelodysplastic Syndrome; Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Bone Marrow

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Citation

Citation: Arifa Aziz and Iffat Shehzad. “Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Complex Cytogenetics Converted into Acute Myeloid Leukemia within Four Months, Case Reported in Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi, Pakistan". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 7.6 (2023): 35-36.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Arifa Aziz and Iffat Shehzad. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.