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. 2017 Jun;52(2):137-139.
doi: 10.5045/br.2017.52.2.137. Epub 2017 Jun 22.

Acute megakaryoblastic blast crisis as a presentation manifestation of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Jenna B Bhattacharya  1 , Richa Gupta  1 , Amit Samadhiya  2
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Acute megakaryoblastic blast crisis as a presentation manifestation of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Jenna B Bhattacharya et al. Blood Res. 2017 Jun.
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Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. (A) PCR showing bcr-abl positivity and (B) T315I mutation (L, 100 bp ladder; P1, Positive Control; P2, positive for (A) BCR/ABL or (B) T315).
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Fig. 2. (A) Bone marrow aspiration showing blasts with abundant granular cytoplasm and small vesicular nuclei (Giemsa, ×400). (B) Bone marrow biopsy showed replacement of hematopoietic precursors with blasts with vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli (H & E, ×400). (C) Biopsy showed blasts positive for CD61 and (D) positive for CD34.
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