RUIZ HERNANDEZ, hosvany; CANO SOLER, Antonis; MENDEZ ALONSO, Antonio Yosvany    GARCIA GUELL, Aída. Leukemic transformation of the Marchiafava Micheli clone. Inform of a case. []. , 35, 3, pp. 296-301. ISSN 1684-1824.

The nocturnal paroxysmal hemoglobinuria, also known as Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome, is a clonal and acquired disease, caused by a somatic mutation of the PIG-A gene located in the X chromosome and modified a protein involved in the glicosilfosfatidilinositol synthesis that serves as  anchorage for many proteins of the cell membrane;  it is the only hemolytic anemia acquired by defect of the erythrocyte membrane.  It is characterized by a chronic intravascular hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria, hyper coagulation, cytopenia due to the marrow failure, thrombosis and rarely leukemic transformation. Having a patient with these characteristics we decided to present the case.

: paroxysmal hemoglobinuria; clinic; mutation.

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