Abstract
Malignancies arising from Natural Killer cells (NK) were described mainly comprising disorders related to large granular lymphocyte expansion. Clinical, morphological and immunophenotypic characteristics of myeloid/NK cell precursor acute leukemia (M/NK-AL) have been mainly described in adult patients. We identified nine children with M/NK-AL precursor cells in a series of 264 childhood acute leukemia diagnosed in our laboratory from consecutive referrals before treatment. CD34 +/-, CD13/33 +, CD11b +, a-MPO + and CD56 +, characterized these cases with TcR alphabeta and gammadelta negative cells. The differential diagnosis between subtypes of NK leukemia with those of lymphoid or myeloid origin in childhood raises the question regarding the pathogenesis and therapeutic implications of this rare entity in children.
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