Acute leukemia
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Acute leukemia or acute leukaemia is a generic term used to describe a family of serious medical conditions relating to an original diagnosis of leukemia
. Forms of acute leukemia include:
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
. Forms of acute leukemia include:
- Acute myeloid leukemiaAcute myeloid leukemiaAcute myeloid leukemia , also known as acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells that accumulate in the bone marrow and interfere with the production of normal blood cells. AML is the most common acute...
- Acute erythroid leukemia
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemia is a form of leukemia, or cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lymphoblasts.Malignant, immature white blood cells continuously multiply and are overproduced in the bone marrow. ALL causes damage and death by crowding out normal cells in the bone...
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaT-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaT-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia can refer to:* Precursor T acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma* Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma...
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
- Precursor T acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphomaPrecursor T acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphomaPrecursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a form of lymphoid leukemia, sometimes additionally classified as a lymphoma, as designated Precursor T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.It comprises 85% to 90% of lymphoblastic lymphoma....
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemiaChronic myelogenous leukemiaChronic myelogenous leukemia , also known as chronic granulocytic leukemia , is a cancer of the white blood cells. It is a form of leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of predominantly myeloid cells in the bone marrow and the accumulation of these cells in the blood...