Abstract:
This is a descriptive analytical study carried out on Radio
Isotopic Center at Khartoum in period from March 2012 to May
2012. The objective of this study was to measure complete blood
count on different types of leukemia among Sudanese pediatric
patients. The subjects on this study were 60 patients with
leukemia (42 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 11 patients with
acute myeloid leukemia and 7 patients with chronic myeloid
leukemia. Number of males 36 and 24 female.44 of patients
under treatment, 12 patients were new causes and 4 patients had
received their treatment.
The age of subject in this study
were range from 2 to 16 years .there was 40 apparently healthy
uses as control group.
2.5 ml of blood sample from patients and
control subjects were collected in EDTA container to determine
TWBCs. Hb, PCV level and platelet count using automated
hematology analyzer (sysmex). TWBCs was significantly high
(p=0.001), and significant decrease in Hb level (p= 0.01), PCV
(p= 0.05) and platelets count (p=0.027) as compared with control
group in patients before treatment
.TWBCs were significantly
decreased as compared to untreated patients (p=0.001).Hb and
PCV were significantly reduced in treated patients (p=0.000) For
Hb and PCV. While treatment can cause thrombocytopenia in 32
% (n=14) and 63 % (n=28) was normal platelet count. Most common type of leukemia in the study group was ALL, and male
.was more affected than female