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HLA-DR Negative AML

HLA-DR Negative AML
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Author: Davood Bashash; Amir-Mohammad Yousefi; Hossein Seyed Majidi
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016)
Published Date: 06/21/2023

 Lack of HLA-DR expression in the setting of acute myeloid leukemia is often characteristic of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL); however, this feature may be seen in other molecular subtypes of AML, characteristically in a subset of AML with NPM1 mutation. This case represents an example of AML with NPM1 mutation with blasts lacking HLA-DR expression.