Acute monoblastic/monocytic leukemia

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Acute monoblastic/monocytic leukemia

ORPHA:514Disease

Also called AML M5 · Acute monoblastic or monocytic leukemia

What it is

A form of acute myeloid leukemia that is either comprised of more than 80% of monoblasts or 30-80% monoblasts with (pro)monocytic differentiation. It presents with asthenia, pallor, fever, and dizziness. Specific features include hyperleukocytosis, propensity for extramedullary infiltrates, coagulation abnormalities including disseminated intravascular coagulation and neurological disorders. Leukemia cutis and gingival infiltration can also be seen. A characteristic translocation observed is t(9;11).

Key facts

Prevalence
1-9 / 1 000 000 (annual incidence, Europe)
Age of onset
Childhood
Inheritance
Not applicable
Classified as
Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

C93.0ICD-10 names this disease exactly

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references

GARD 525MESH D007948MONDO 0007896MONDO 7896UMLS C3831784

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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