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A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia who experienced a spontaneous remission, is reported. He had precedent and concurrent bacterial infections as most of these cases described. Low peripheral WBC and myeloblasts, Auer-rod positive blasts, bone marrow eosinophilia with atypical eosinophils, and a partial deletion of chromosome 16 were favorable prognostic parameters. A brief review of the literature and possible explanations for the regulation of granulopoiesis are presented.
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Jehn, U.W., Mempel, M.A. Spontaneous remission of acute myeloid leukemia. Blut 52, 165–168 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320532
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