Mechanism and menifestation of the leucocytotic syndrome in the granuloid leukemia.
- Author:
Thanh Ha Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
granuloid leukemia
- MeSH:
Leukemia;
Leukocytes
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;383(6):35-37
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A small proportion of cases of chronic granuloid leukemia is associated with an extraordinary concentration of leukocytes in the blood. As a result of the hyperleukocytic syndrome, these cases present special problems and complication that may seriously affect on patients’ life and the quality of life to the physicians. Leukapheresis is an effective method of therapy in these cases which can reverse the hyperleukocytic syndrome rapidly and decrease the tumor cell mass so as to minimize the extent of chemotherapeutic-induced cytolysis and the cytolysis- induced complications.
