New paraneoplastic syndrome in chronic basophilic leukemia.

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Chronic basophilic leukemia (CBL) is an extremely rare disorder. A female patient presented with recurrent attacks of chills, fever and abdominal pain was found to have simultaneous cyclic oscillation in leukocyte counts and C-reactive protein values. She was initially diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever and treated with colchicine. Diagnosis of CBL was established by morphologic studies of peripheral...

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