title: Acute cardiorespiratory failure as presenting symptom of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: A patient with acute cardiorespiratory failure caused by hyperleukocytosis due to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is described. Although acute pulmonary failure due to leukostasis is a known and often postmortem finding in patients with acute myelocytic leukaemia (AML) or chronic myelocytic leukaemia (CML) in blastic crises, it is rare in CLL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Lucas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: de Fijter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schuur
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Potter van Loon
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Kingma
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018921:Leukostasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy