Table Classification of acute leukaemias
FAB subtype | Morphology variant | % cases |
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AML | ||
M0 | minimally differentiated leukaemia | 2–3 |
M1 | myeloblastic leukaemia without maturation | 20 |
M2 | myeloblastic leukaemia with maturation | 25–30 |
M3 | hypergranular promyelocytic leukaemia | 8–15 |
M4 | myelomonocytic leukaemia | 20–25 |
M5 | monocytic leukaemia | 20–25 |
M6 | erythroleukaemia (Di Guglielmo's disease) | 5 |
M7 | megakaryoblastic leukaemia | 1–2 |
ALL | ||
L1 | small; uniform (pre-B cell, T cell) | 75 |
L2 | large; nonuniform (pre-B cell, T cell) | 20 |
L3 | large; uniform; vacuola (B cell, Burkitt's) | 5 |