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==Definition / Description of Disease==

==Definition / Description of Disease==

Acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia are myeloid leukemias in which the peripheral blood or bone marrow has ≥20% blasts (including promonocytes) and in which ≥80% of the leukemic cells are of monocytic lineage (monoblasts, promonocytes and monocytes). Neutrophils may be noted (<20%). In acute monoblastic leukemia, most (≥80%) of the monocytic cells are monoblasts; while in acute monocytic leukemia, most of the monocytic cells are promonocytes or monocytes. In the 2016 revision to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia is a distinct entity within the section of [[Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Not Otherwise Specified]]<ref>Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Stein H, Thiele J, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Le Beau MM, Orazi A, and Siebert R, Editors. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, Revised 4th edition. IARC Press: Lyon, France, p160-161.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Arber|first=Daniel A.|last2=Orazi|first2=Attilio|last3=Hasserjian|first3=Robert|last4=Thiele|first4=Jürgen|last5=Borowitz|first5=Michael J.|last6=Le Beau|first6=Michelle M.|last7=Bloomfield|first7=Clara D.|last8=Cazzola|first8=Mario|last9=Vardiman|first9=James W.|date=2016|title=The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069254|journal=Blood|volume=127|issue=20|pages=2391–2405|doi=10.1182/blood-2016-03-643544|issn=1528-0020|pmid=27069254}}</ref>. This entity does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any of the other AML groups (i.e. AML with Recurrent Genetic Abnormalities, AML with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes, or Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasms).

Acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia are myeloid leukemias in which the peripheral blood or bone marrow has ≥20% blasts (including promonocytes) and in which ≥80% of the leukemic cells are of monocytic lineage (monoblasts, promonocytes and monocytes). Neutrophils may be noted (<20%). In acute monoblastic leukemia, most (≥80%) of the monocytic cells are monoblasts; while in acute monocytic leukemia, most of the monocytic cells are promonocytes or monocytes. In the 2016 revision to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia is a distinct entity within the section of [[HAEM4:Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Not Otherwise Specified]]<ref>Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Stein H, Thiele J, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Le Beau MM, Orazi A, and Siebert R, Editors. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, Revised 4th edition. IARC Press: Lyon, France, p160-161.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Arber|first=Daniel A.|last2=Orazi|first2=Attilio|last3=Hasserjian|first3=Robert|last4=Thiele|first4=Jürgen|last5=Borowitz|first5=Michael J.|last6=Le Beau|first6=Michelle M.|last7=Bloomfield|first7=Clara D.|last8=Cazzola|first8=Mario|last9=Vardiman|first9=James W.|date=2016|title=The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069254|journal=Blood|volume=127|issue=20|pages=2391–2405|doi=10.1182/blood-2016-03-643544|issn=1528-0020|pmid=27069254}}</ref>. This entity does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any of the other AML groups (i.e. AML with Recurrent Genetic Abnormalities, AML with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes, or Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasms).

==Synonyms / Terminology==

==Synonyms / Terminology==