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Blast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia presenting lymphoid phenotype with a chronic phase of extremely short duration.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2010
Sumimoto Hidetoshi, Tsujimura Hideki, Ise Mikiko, Mimura Naoya, Sakai Chikara, Takagi Toshiyuki, Kumagai Kyoya
Abstract excerpt
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is generally diagnosed in the chronic phase. We have recently encountered two CML-blastic phase (BP) cases, a 71-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man, who resembled de novo acute leukemia. The complete blood count was normal at least 11 and 13 months before the presentation, respectively. The leukemic cells showed predominant lymphoid phenotype. The blasts and granulocytes were...
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