Isolated polyglobulia as an uncommon presentation of chronic myeloid leukaemia

Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2016 Jan;56(1):37. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Authors

Claudio Fozza¹, Silvana Bonfigli², Francesco Longu², Simonetta Pardini², Fausto Dore²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 12, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 12, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

PMID: 26603721
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.10.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Erythrocytosis; JAK-2; Polyglobulia; bcr-abl.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / genetics
Humans
Imatinib Mesylate / therapeutic use
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / blood
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications*
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / genetics
Male
Mutation
Polycythemia / complications*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Imatinib Mesylate
Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl