Accelerated Phase of Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with Severe Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation at Initial Presentation.

Accelerated Phase of Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with Severe Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation at Initial Presentation. Intern Med. 2020 Mar 19;: Authors: Fujita M, Kamachi K, Yokoo M, Kidoguchi K, Kusaba K, Kizuka-Sano H, Yamaguchi K, Nishioka A, Yoshimura M, Kubota Y, Ando T, Kojima K, Kimura S Abstract Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN) are often asymptomatic and thus can remain undiagnosed until they become symptomatic due to progression to the accelerated phase (AP) or transformation to acute leukemia (leukemic transformation; LT). We herein report the case of a previously healthy 38-year-old man who had hyperleukocytosis with dysplastic myeloid precursor cells and severe disseminated intravascular coagulation. Hematopoietic recovery with features of atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) after induction chemotherapy was a diagnostic clue. Although rare, this case highlights the limitation of the diagnostic approach for aCML with AP or LT at the initial presentation. PMID: 32188810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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