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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Medical Case Reports</journalTitle>
<eissn>2374-216X</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-02-27</publicationDate>
<volume>3</volume>
<issue>4</issue>
<startPage>95</startPage>
<endPage>97</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/ajmcr-3-4-2</doi>
<publisherRecordId>AJMCR2015342</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">A Case Report on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in A 10 Days Old Neonate</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Prahlad Neupane</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Prasanna Dahal</name>
<email>prince_prasanna@hotmail.com</email>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Birat Acharya</name>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Sagar raj pandey</name>
<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Ramesh Gautam</name>
<affiliationId>5</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Consultant Paediatrician (MD) Bijayapur Hospital, Dharan-10, Sunsari, Nepal</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Clinical Pharmacist (Msc, PharmD) Bijayapur Hospital, Dharan-10, Sunsari, Nepal</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Physician (MBBS) Bijayapur Hospital, Dharan-10, Sunsari, Nepal</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="4">Consultant Pathologist (MD) Bijayapur Hospital, Dharan-10, Sunsari, Nepal</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="5">lab technologist (BMLT), Bijayapur Hospital, Dharan-10, Sunsari, Nepal</affiliationName>
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<abstract language="eng">Although leukemia's are the most common malignant disease seen in children, it occurs rarely in neonates. Only few cases of congenital leukemia have been reported in literature. We report here a rare case of congenital lymphoblastic leukemia in a 10 days old full term male neonate of normal home delivery who presented in the hospital with complaints of fast breathing and fever of 1 day duration. Initial clinical manifestation was that of Multi organ dysfunction syndrome due to late onset neonatal sepsis but was found to have acute leukemia on subsequent investigations.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/3/4/2/ajmcr-3-4-2.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>Neonate</keyword>
<keyword>Infants</keyword>
<keyword>Acute lymphoblastic leukemia</keyword>
<keyword>malignancy</keyword>
</keywords>
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