Avicenna J Med 2017 Jul-Sep

An unusual presentation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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Medical Oncology · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Leukostasis is a feared complication of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients developing peripheral WBC counts >100,000. The cells in AML are large, sticky, and invasive. By contrast, the lymphocytes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia are small (10 microns or so; not much larger than red blood cells...