Abstract

Background- The diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia is based on peripheral blood smear and bone marrow examination. Immunophenotyping characteristics and cytogenetics have clinical relevance besides morphological features in these cases. Present study aims at clinicohematological evaluation of cases of acute myeloid leukemia diagnosed at hematology unit of our tertiary care hospital. Objectives –Present study aimed to diagnose and classify cases of acute myeloid leukemia with clinicohematological correlation. Material and methods- newly diagnosed cases of acute myeloid leukemia within a period of 1 year from May 2020 to May 2021 were included in this cross sectional and prospective study. In addition to hematological work up, flow cytometry, cytogenetics and molecular studies were taken into consideration for clinicohematological evaluation.Result- The study included 14 cases of acute myeloid leukemia which were classified as per FAB classification as AML M1- 7 cases, M3 – 3 cases and M4 and M5 – 2 cases each.

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