Akhtar Munir, Imran-ud Din, Tahira Atta, Noushad Asim, Fazle Hanan, Muhammad Farooq.
Incidence of Malignant Hematological Disorders in patients with Pancytopenia/ Bicytopenia: a bone marrow study in Kohat.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(3):531-2.

Aim: To determine the malignant hematological disorders causing pancytopenia. Bone marrow examination of 148 cases of suspected hematological disorders was carried out in a DHQ KDA Hospital, Kohat from Jan. 2011to Dec. 2013. Results: Among the malignant hematological disorders i.e., 49(33.1%) cases, Leukemias were 35(23.6%), MDS 3(2%), Multiple Myeloma 4(2.7%), lymphoma 5(3.4%) and Met. BM deposits 2(1.4%). Out of 35 cases of leukemia, 21(14.2%) were AML and 6(4.1%) were ALL. Conclusion: Among leukemias, AML is the most prevalent malignant hematological disorder and the major cause of bicytopenia and pancytopenia in the bone marrow aspirates performed.

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