Two Consecutive Spontaneous Regressions to Chronic Phase in a Patient with Blastic Transformation of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 1998
Yazarlar: S Cagirgan, M Sencan, M Tombuloglu, E Ozdemir, Mine HEKİMGİL, F Buyukkececi
Leukemia & Lymphoma, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 1998, cilt 29, ss 423-425
DOI: 10.3109/10428199809068579
Özet
In this report, we present a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in blastic phase who had two consecutive episodes of spontaneous regression back to chronic phase without chemotherapy. Although, spontaneous remission (SR) is well documented in acute leukemia, SR in CML blastic phase is extremely rare and to the best of our knowledge only one case has been reported in the world literature. The factors possibly related to this phenomenon are discussed.