title: Cardiac tamponade in the blastic crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: A 36-year-old man with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) developed hemorrhagic pericarditis with tamponade as a terminal manifestation of the blastic crisis. Cardiac tamponade should be kept in mind as an uncommon cause of death of CML patients. Based on a literature review, symptomatic pericarditis in patients with CML blast crisis suggests imminent death. This is in contrast to long-term survival for patients in the chronic phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arimori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology