Bone marrow necrosis complicating chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Two women with chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase were found to have bone marrow necrosis when severe bone pains and falling blood counts prompted a marrow examination to exclude blast transformation. One patient survived for 12 months following the event without transforming. The second patient died soon after and was found to have widespread extramedullary disease.
Department of Clinical Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
A T
AT
Macheta
K I
KI
Cinkotai
E M
EM
Love
C G
CG
Geary
J A
JA
Liu Yin
D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis