Igne Kairiene, V. Dirsė, U. Mickys, Audrone Muleviciene, P. Vyas, J. Rascon
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Abstract
Transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) is a unique entity that usually occurs in children with Down syndrome (DS) or with trisomy 21 mosaicism. The somatic GATA1 mutation is a distinct feature of TAM. At presentation, TAM can resemble congenital leukemia (CL), which unlike TAM has an extremely poor prognosis and requires prompt therapeutic interventions. Therefore, correct and timely distinction between the two entities is crucial. We report a case of a phenotypically normal infant diagnosed with CL during the first weeks of life that retrospectively was reassessed as TAM. No acute myeloid leukemia (AML) specific mutations were found except for trisomy 21 confined exclusively to leukemic blasts. Retrospectively GATA1 mutation was also detected in malignant cells, but somatic genome appeared to be intact.
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The Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM) is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal which provides a forum on new perspectives in pediatric and neonatal medicine. The aim is to discuss and to bring readers up to date on the latest in research and clinical pediatrics and neonatology. Special emphasis is on developmental origin of health and disease or perinatal programming and on the so-called ‘-omic’ sciences. Systems medicine blazes a revolutionary trail from reductionist to holistic medicine, from descriptive medicine to predictive medicine, from an epidemiological perspective to a personalized approach. The journal will be relevance to clinicians and researchers concerned with personalized care for the newborn and child. Also medical humanities will be considered in a tailored way. Article submission (original research, review papers, invited editorials and clinical cases) will be considered in the following fields: fetal medicine, perinatology, neonatology, pediatrics, developmental programming, psychology and medical humanities.