Pulmonary leukostasis mimicking tuberculosis in endemic area

Leukemia Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Pinheiro, Ronald Feitosa ^a   Santiago, Sabrina P ^a   Lopes, Adrilena ^a   Araújo, Vítor N ^a   Magalhães, Sílvia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB;

ADULT; ASTHENIA; BASOPHIL; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOSTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; LEUKOSTASIS; LUNG DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950094857     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.11.011     Document Type: Letter

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