STUDY DESIGN: Surgically postmenopausal adult female cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were given either no treatment (n = 26), conjugated equine estrogens (n = 22), or combined therapy with conjugated equine estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate (n = 21). Drugs were administered in the diet, at doses equivalent on a caloric basis to 0.625 mg per woman per day for conjugated equine ...

A 24-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician for persistent bilateral otitis media and frequent night sweats. Laboratory evaluation revealed a white blood cell count of 26 000/mL with 84% blasts on differential, hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL, and platelet 90 000/mL. Her total serum lactate dehydrogenase level was 888 U/L. She underwent a diagnostic bone marrow aspirate and biopsy, which de...