Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Acute myeloid leukemia
HP:0004808
What it means
A form of leukemia characterized by overproduction of an early myeloid cell.
In everyday care
Most people with this sign do not have a rare disease — it appears in common conditions far more often. These general reference pages cover the same topic:
Rare diseases that can present with this16
Sometimes5–29%
10- Acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with malignant disease
- Acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis
- Autosomal dominant severe congenital neutropenia
- Bloom syndrome
- Familial thrombocytosis
- Myelodysplastic neoplasm with increased blasts
- Myelodysplastic syndrome associated with isolated del(5q) chromosome abnormality
- Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
and 2 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Acute myeloblastic leukaemia · Acute myeloblastic leukemia · Acute myelocytic leukaemia · Acute myelocytic leukemia · Acute myelogenous leukaemia · Acute myelogenous leukemia · Acute myeloid leukaemia · AML
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