Congenital Acute Leukaemia - A Case Report

Abstract

Acute leukaemia is rare in neonates. Only a few cases have been reported so far. Congenital
leukaemia occurs at a rate of 1 per 5 million births. The majority are Non-Lymphocytic type
(80%), while acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) comprises only < 20%. Familial neonatal
leukemia is extremely rare and no child born to a mother with leukemia has been found to have
the disease during the neonatal period. We are reporting here a rare case of lymphomonocytoid
type of congenital leukaemia in a newborn.