A CASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA-VERA OCCURRING IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE NONLYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ANLL) IN LONG-TERM FIRST COMPLETE REMISSION

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a chronic myeloproliferative syndrome which in a minority of patients evolves into acute leukemia. The association with other hematopoietic malignancies has also been reported. The rel ationship between PV, leukemia, and treatment used for PV remains uncl ear. We here report the unusual observation of a young patient who dev eloped the complete clinical and biological picture of PV, 6 years aft er being successfully treated with conventional chemotherapy for acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL).