In general, common symptoms of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) include:

• Fever with or without an infection
• Night sweats
• Shortness of breath
• Weakness or feeling tired
• Easy bruising or bleeding
• Petechiae (flat, pinpoint spots under the skin caused by bleeding)
• Pain in the bones or joints 
• Pain or feeling of fullness below the ribs
• Painless lumps in the neck, underarm, stomach, groin or other parts of the body. When seen in childhood AML, these lumps, called leukemia cutis, may be blue or purple.
• Painless lumps that are sometimes around the eyes. These lumps, called chloromas, are sometimes seen in childhood AML and may be blue-green.
• An eczema-like skin rash