Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia With Near-Total Pulmonary Microvascular Obstruction by Platelets
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 81 (4) , 521-524
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198804000-00029
Abstract
We have described a patient with long-standing chronic granulocytic leukemia. Although most patients with this disorder eventually have a picture of acute leukemia (blast crisis), this patient had massive thrombocytosis (platelet count greater than 5.000 x 10(9)/L) without major symptoms, but he died after transfusion of 1 unit of packed red blood cells. At autopsy, he had almost total pulmonary microvascular blockage with platelets.Keywords
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