title: Isolated central nervous system relapse in chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Chronic myeloid leukemia is a myeloproliferative disorder that has three distinguished phases: chronic, accelerated, and blastic. In extremely rare cases, the blast phase can affect the central nervous system without concomitant bone marrow involvement. We report the case of a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia who, despite having achieved complete cytogenetic remission in the bone marrow for several years, experienced a blast crisis of the central nervous system following an episode of infectious meningoencephalitis.
authors: Internal Medicine Department, Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen National Hospital, Grau Avenue 800, Lima, Peru.
authors: Juliana
authors: J
authors: Gomez
authors: National Institute of Neurologic Sciences, Ancash Street 1271, Barrios Altos, Lima, Peru.
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Duenas