His blood smear analysis shows myelocytes 30%, metamyelocytes 25% and blast cells 10%
2006-10-13 00:16:04 · 5 answers · asked by Ali 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Probably Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia. Other possibilities would be Infectious mononucleosis, infective endocarditis, Lymphoma etc
2006-10-13 00:46:53 · answer #1 · answered by Rehan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my daughetr was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid leukaemia she had 84% blast cells in her bone marrow. normal amount of blast cells in marrow should be less the 5%. Cant remember what they where in her blood test but there shouldnt be any as blast cells are immature white cells and should develop into different white cells before entering the blood stream. When the bone marrow becomes over run with blast cells (immature white cells) they enter the blood stream. The white cells dont develop into fully mature cells as there dna is changed by the cancer, the white cells even though there is heaps of them dont work to fight infections as they dont develop. The marrow then cant produce enough red cells and platelets as there is no room for them. my daughter was extremley anemic and had low platelets ( she was covered in bruises) but no bleeding. I have read that there can be affect on the spleen, but I thought this happened during chemotherapy. With out the fully developed white cells in particular neutrophils (fight bacterial and fungal infection) the patient can get very ill from infections, this will cause fever. We were lucky with our daughter she only had a urinary tract infection at diagnosis. This is just my personal experience and im not a doctor but blast cells in a smear usually mean some kind of bone marrow cancer. I also just read that there is pain from enlarged spleen in leukaemia. I found the following web site helpful when my daughter was diagnosed.
2006-10-14 06:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by lividuva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Diagnosis by further tests to confirm. Cytogenetic studies, cell surface markers, etc.
2006-10-14 00:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infectious mononucleosis is suspected. Please see the webpages for more details on Infectious mononucleosis.
Please note that I am not a medical professional.
2006-10-13 07:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is wbc count he might be having Leukemia or myloma , kind of blood cancer.
2006-10-13 07:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by dr sachpw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋