Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of metastasis of chronic myelocytic leukemia to the uterus.
We report a case of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) in which the initial manifestation of blastic crisis was massive genital bleeding. The bleeding was diagnosed as being caused by CML metastasis to the uterus on the basis of the magnetic resonance imaging findings.
Deguchi
M
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
Ishiko
O
O
Hino
M
M
Fukumasu
Y
Y
Ogita
S
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology*