9840/3 Erythroleukemia
Definitions
| Tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues | ||
| ICD-O-3 topography code: | C42 and C77 | |
| ICD10: | C94.0 | |
/span>cute erythroid leukaemias are acute leukaemias that are characterized by a predominant erythroid population. Two subtypes are recognized based on the presence or absence of a significant myeloid (granulocytic) component:
Erythroleukaemia (erythroid/myeloid)
This subtype of acute erythroid leukaemia is defined by the presence in the BM of ≥50% erythroid precursors in the entire nucleated cell population and ≥20% myeloblasts in the non-erythroid cell population, i.e. the myeloblasts are calculated as a percent of the non-erythroid cells.
Pure erythroid leukaemia
This subtype of acute erythroid leukaemia represents a neoplastic proliferation of immature cells (undifferentiated or proerythroblastic in appearance) committed exclusively to the erythroid lineage (≥80% of BM cells) with no evidence of a significant myeloblastic component 1
| Click to access Pubmed |
Minimally differentiated erythroleukaemia (AML M6 'variant'): a rare subset of AML distinct from AML M6. Groupe Français d'Hématologie Cellulaire.
Br J Haematol 90: 868-75
>
