Author/Authors :
bajin, inci yaman hacettepe university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey , yıldız, yılmaz hacettepe university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric metabolism, Ankara, Turkey , akın, şenol hacettepe university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey , aytaç, selin hacettepe university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey , ünal, şule hacettepe university - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey , kuşkonmaz, barış hacettepe university - division of pediatric hematology, department of pediatrics, Ankara, turkey , çetin, mualla hacettepe university - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey , sivri, serap hacettepe university - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey , gümrük, fatma hacettepe university - department of pediatrics, division of pediatric hematology, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
Infant leukemia is a very rare disease and consists of 5% of all childhood leukemias. Infant leukemia usually presents with high leukocyte counts and numerous extra-hematological features including central nervous system and skin involvement. Herein, we report a 1-month-old girl presented with high phenylalanine level in national newborn screening program for phenylketonuria; and subsequently diagnosed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
