Abstract
A case of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) of complete remission (CR) for 11 years without a relapse is reported.
A forty-six-year-old female patient was admitted to Shikoku National Cancer Center Hospital in November 1971 because of bleeding tendency, cough and fever. On admission, WBC was 58, 000, /mm3 with 6% of myeloblasts and 82% of promyelocytes, and bone marrow showed 4.4% of myeloblasts and 83.2% of promyelocytes.
Chemotherapy with daunomycin, ara-c, 6MP and prednisolone induced the patient into complete remission. Patient has been remaining in complete remission for 11 years and is considered to be “cured” from APL.
