Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a β-thalassemia intermedia child: A case report

Table 1 Previously reported cases of thalassemia intermedia who developed malignancies

Number of patients	Type of malignancy	Ref.
1	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	[3]
1	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)	[4]
3	NHL, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)	[5]
10	NHL; HL; chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)	[6]
1	CML	[7]
1	HL	[8]
12	Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)	[9]
2	HCC	[10]
6	HCC	[11]
3	HCC	[12]
2	HCC	[13]
2	Thyroid cancer	[14]

Some patients have thalassemia major and others have thalassemia intermedia in references 5 and 6.