“Chronic myelogenous leukemia in primary blast crisis” rather than “de novo BCR‐ABL1‐positive acute myeloid leukemia”
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Differentiating chronic myelogenous leukemia in primary blast crisis (CML-BC) from de novo BCR-ABL1-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a diagnostic challenge with therapeutic consequences. In our case, a basophilia, the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome in all metaphases and the strict exclusion of molecular hallmarks of AML lead us to retain the diagnosis of CML-BC rather than BCR-ABL1+ AML.
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