Blastic crisis in chronic granulocytic leukemia: Experience in 39 patients

Promyelocytic Blastic Crisis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia During Imatinib Treatment

Figure 1. Leukemic cell morphology of bone marrow aspiration specimen (May-Grünwald-Giemsa). An 82-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital presenting with febrile neutropenia. She had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia 2 years ago and had been on imatinib treatment since [1]. A month before admission she presented with malaise, anemia, and mild leukopenia; a bone marrow aspirate a...

CardiacTamponade in the Myelogenous Blastic Crisis of Chronic Leukemia

A S6-year-old man with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) developed hemorrhagic pericarditis with tampbnade as a terminal manifestation of the blastic risis. Cftrdiac tamponade should be kept in mind as an uncommon cause of death of CML patients. Based on a literature review, Symptornatic pericarditis in patients with CML blast crisis suggests imminent death. Th...

Characteristics of blast crisis in chronic granulocytic leukemia.

The terminal phase of most patients with Ph1-positive chronic granulocytic leukemia (i.e., blast crisis) resembles acute leukemia. The clinical and hematologic features of blast crisis in 73 patients with chronic granulocytic leukemia have been reviewed. Two major morphological subgroups, lymphoblastic and myeloblastic, were identified. The lymphoblastic group in general had more profound throm...

Blastic Crisis in Chronic Granulocytic Leukaemia. Cytochemical, Cytogenetic, and Autoradiographic Studies in Four Cases.

Hematologic and cytogenetic remission of blastic transformation in chronic granulocytic leukemia.

Thirty patients in the blastic phase of chronic granulocytic leukemia were treated with a combination of vincristine, 2.0 mg/sq m weekly, and prednisone, 60 mg/sq m orally each day. Remission was achieved in nine patients (30%), six of whom had a complete remission, and three had a good partial remission. The survival of responding patients was significantly improved over the nonresponders. Cyt...