Phenylketonuria with acute myeloblastic leukemia in a 9-year-old boy: reporting a rare case

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Aug;33(6):e256-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31821816cf.

Abstract

Phenylketonuria is a genetic metabolic disorder resulting in phenylalanine accumulation in blood. Phenylacetate, which is an abnormal phenylalanine metabolities, was hypothesized to have anticancer activity. Two-years-old boy was diagnosed with classical phenylketonuria because of mental motor retardation. When the patient was 9-year-old, he developed acute myeloblastic leukemia. Here, we present the case with phenylketonuria and acute myeloblastic leukemia because of its extreme rarity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
  • Intellectual Disability / drug therapy
  • Intellectual Disability / etiology*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Phenylketonurias / complications*
  • Phenylketonurias / diagnosis
  • Phenylketonurias / drug therapy
  • Prognosis