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. 2016 Oct-Dec;5(4):212-213.
doi: 10.4103/2278-330X.195349.

Congenital acute myeloid leukemia: A rare diagnostic enigma case report with review of literature

Jyoti Priyadarshini Shrivastava  1 , K K Magnani  1 , Lokesh Tripathi  1 , K S Mangal  1
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Congenital acute myeloid leukemia: A rare diagnostic enigma case report with review of literature

Jyoti Priyadarshini Shrivastava et al. South Asian J Cancer. 2016 Oct-Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Peripheral Smear shows a collection of blasts with large oval nucleus composed of very fine nonaggregated chromatin and three or more inconspicuous nucleoli. The cytoplasm is scant with basophilic character devoid of granules (Leishman, ×100)
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