title: Case of CML lymphoid blast crisis presenting as bilateral breast masses.
abstract: A woman aged 42 years with a 1-month history of rapidly expanding bilateral breast masses presented with severe leucocytosis, anaemia, blurry vision, headaches and shortness of breath. Evaluation revealed chronic myeloid leukaemia in lymphoid blast crisis with extramedullary leukaemia involving her breasts.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
authors: Aneesha
authors: A
authors: Hossain
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
authors: Kanika
authors: K
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Hematology/Oncology, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Mener
authors: Department of Hematology/Oncology, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
authors: Imad
authors: I
authors: Tabbara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics