Successful Cord Blood Transplantation for Myeloid/Natural Killer Precursor Acute Leukemia: A Case Report and Literature Review

A 21-year-old man was diagnosed with myeloid/natural killer precursor leukemia (MNKPL) with bone marrow infiltration of blasts of cyCD3⁺, CD7⁺, CD33⁺, CD34^dim, CD56^+/-, HLA-DR⁺, cyMPO⁺, and TdT^- immunophenotypes. Although hyper-CVAD therapy was unsuccessful, induction treatment with idarubicin and cytarabine resulted in complete remission (CR). The patient subsequently underwent cord blood transplantation with a myeloablative conditioning regimen, which resulted in durable CR and complete donor chimerism. He had been in good health without relapse for over nine months since transplantation. Timely allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using an available donor source may be a promising treatment strategy for MNKPL.