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  1. Mixed phenotype acute leukaemia with t(9,22), BCR-ABL1: A case report
    Yong WL, Yusof N, Ithnin A, Shuib S, Tumian R, Yousuf R, et al.
    Malays J Pathol, 2020 Dec;42(3):469-476.
    PMID: 33361731
    INTRODUCTION: Mixed phenotype acute leukaemia (MPAL) is a rare entity of acute leukaemia.

    CASE REPORT: Here we report a case of a 39-year-old lady, with an incidental finding of hyperleukocytosis (white blood cells count: 139.2 x 109/L). Her peripheral blood film revealed 36% of blasts and a bone marrow aspiration showed 53% of blasts. Immunophenotyping showed a population of blasts exhibiting positivity of two lineages, myeloid lineage and B-lymphoid lineage with strong positivity of CD34 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (Tdt). A conventional karyotyping revealed the presence of Philadelphia chromosome. She was diagnosed with MPAL with t(9,22), BCR ABL1, which carried a poor prognosis. She was treated with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) chemotherapy protocol coupled with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and was planned for an allogeneic stem cells transplant.

    CONCLUSION: This MPAL case was diagnosed incidentally in an asymptomatic patient during medical check-up. We highlight this rare case report to raise the awareness about this rare disease. Understanding the pathogenesis of the disease with the underlying genes responsible for triggering the disease, uniform protocols for diagnosis and targeted treatment will help for proper management of these patients.

  2. Bleeding related hospitalizations and mortality in England 2014-2019
    Creeper KJ, Stafford AC, Choudhuri S, Tumian R, Breen K, Cohen AT
    J Thromb Thrombolysis, 2023 Aug;56(2):233-240.
    PMID: 37338712 DOI: 10.1007/s11239-023-02849-z
    Acute bleeding is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological studies evaluating trends in bleeding-related hospitalisations and mortality are important as they have potential to guide resource allocation and service provision, however, despite this literature evaluating the national burden and annual trends are lacking. Our objective was to report the national burden and incidence of bleeding-related hospitalisation and mortality.This was a population-based review of all people in England between 2014 and 2019 either admitted to an acute care ward of a National Health Service (NHS) English hospital, or who died. Admissions and deaths were required to have a primary diagnosis of significant bleeding.There was a total of 3,238,427 hospitalisations with a mean of 539,738 ± 6033 per year and 81,264 deaths with a mean of 13,544 ± 331 per year attributable to bleeding. The mean annual incident rate for bleeding-related hospitalisations was 975 per 100,000 patient years and for mortality was 24.45. Over the study period there was a significant 8.2% reduction in bleeding related deaths (χ2 test for trend 91.4, p 
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